(Hill) – Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said she was evacuated for “immediate death threat to me, my fetus, my family and my staff” after a news report on her ectopic pregnancy.
The Wall Street Journal published an article on Sunday. There, Cammack shared the challenges he faced in May 2024 receiving treatment for a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy. She said medical staff resisted treating her first. Because they were worried about violating Florida’s recently enacted near-simultaneous abortion ban.
She is pregnant again and is scheduled for the summer.
Since the article was published, Cammack said in a post on X on Wednesday that “has been hit with thousands of hateful messages and dozens of credible threats that law enforcement is actively investigating.
Florida’s six-week abortion ban is one of the most restrictive in the country, effectively equivalent to a complete ban. A six-week pregnancy occurs before many women know they are pregnant, and the state requires two in-person visits with an abortion provider 24 hours apart.
The law does not prohibit the procedure for ectopic pregnancy, but the language, according to a journal report, has led to doctors hesitation. Since then, Florida regulators have provided guidance to address “misinformation” about the state’s ban.
In November, the abortion right voting initiative had not reached the state’s passing.
Cammack, who opposes abortion and co-chairs of the House Pro Life Caucus, supports exceptions to rape and incest cases in the late first pregnancy and when the mother’s life is at risk, the Journal reported.
In a post Wednesday, she revealed she has not voted for the state’s current abortion ban.
“To those spreading misinformation: I didn’t vote for Florida’s beat laws. I serve in the US House of Representatives, not in the Florida state legislature,” Cammack said in her post Wednesday.
“Let me be clear: I’m not threatened. I’m not going back to the fight for women and my family. It’s important to ensure that the resources and care that women deserve is important. We need a real conversation about maternal medicine in America.
