On the week of the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision and the push for the Senate reconciliation bill which includes provisions to defund Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) chose to disclose that a year before, she had experienced an ectopic pregnancy just on the heels of Florida's implementation of their heartbeat law. Pro-abortion forces continued to peddle the falsehood to women and medical providers that they would not be able to give typical care for miscarriage (Dilation and Curettage or D&C), and in the case of ectopic pregnancy, the drug methotrexate, which blocks folic acid to the fertilized egg, cutting off its growth. Both procedures are standard and necessary for the mother's chance for future pregnancies, and are not deliberate termination of an already viable life. Yet the left and Democrats use these procedures and personal "testimonials" to further the lies that this care will be denied in states that restrict or outlaw abortion procedures or that have heartbeat laws in place.
Cammack spoke exclusively with the Wall Street Journal about her own personal ordeal with trying to obtain methotrexate for her ectopic pregnancy when the confusion sowed by the pro-choice left had medical personnel and administrators in fear.
Rep. Kat Cammack arrived at the emergency room in May 2024 terrified by what she had just learned: Her pregnancy could kill her at any moment.
It would only get worse. The Florida Republican needed a shot of methotrexate to help expel her ectopic pregnancy, in which there is no way for the embryo to survive. Her state’s six-week abortion ban had just taken effect. She said doctors and nurses who saw her said they were worried about losing their licenses or going to jail if they gave her drugs to end her pregnancy.
She began arguing her case. The staff resisted, she said, even though doctors earlier that day estimated she was just five weeks pregnant. There was no heartbeat, and her life was at risk. She pulled up the state law on her phone for hospital workers to read. She said she called the governor’s office late at night for help, but no one picked up.
Hours later, doctors finally agreed to give her the methotrexate, Cammack said.
Cammack did not share her story to speak out against Florida's heartbeat law (she is staunchly pro-life), but to call out the left's agenda of fear and also to address the inconsistency in care given to expectant mothers, heartbeat laws or not.
Cammack doesn’t fault the Florida law for her experience. Instead, she accuses the left of scaring medical professionals with messaging that stressed that they could face criminal charges for violating the law. She said she feels those efforts gave medical staff reason to fear giving drugs even under legal circumstances.
“It was absolute fearmongering at its worst,” she said. She also knows that abortion-rights advocates might see the opposite—that the Republican-led restriction caused the confusion. “There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion,” she said. Cammack declined to name the hospital where she received care.
CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Christina Francis, agrees. She penned an op-ed on Tuesday about the improved pregnancy care for women, as well as the life that has been protected because of the Dobbs decision. Like Cammack, Dr. Francis, a practicing OB-GYN herself, also lays the blame specifically at the feet of the death merchants on the left.
A full three years have passed since Roe v. Wade was overturned, yet abortion activists still refuse to acknowledge the overwhelmingly positive effect the decision is having on women and children. Instead, they continue to sow fear and misinformation to advance their abortion agenda, telling women the falsehood that they will be unable to get essential miscarriage treatment or lifesaving medical interventions.
Indeed, the only thing preventing women from receiving the care they need is the very narrative promoted by these activists, who claim to seek protections for women’s reproductive health. It’s long past time for them to realize the truth: Pregnant women have the same access to the quality healthcare they need post-Roe as they did before.
Like Dr. Francis, Cammack wants to move the conversation about women's health and medical care beyond either catastrophic treatment (cancers) or terminating the life of babies (abortion).
Cammack, 37, who announced her current pregnancy at a White House event, is on track to become the 14th congresswoman to give birth while in office. Elected to Congress in 2020 after working as a top staff member, she has focused on securing money for Hurricane Helene victims and supporting veterans and farmers in her district in northern Florida.
In a 90-minute interview, she spoke publicly about her miscarriage for the first time. She said she hopes sharing her experience steers conversations toward common ground. “I would stand with any woman—Republican or Democrat—and fight for them to be able to get care in a situation where they are experiencing a miscarriage and an ectopic” pregnancy, she said.
She said the difficult political environment is to blame for preventing discussions on how to improve women’s healthcare.
“We have turned the conversation about women’s healthcare into two camps: pink hats and pink ribbons,” she said. “It’s either breast cancer or abortion.”
For Cammack, her stand for Life is not just a political position, but distinctly personal. After her mother suffered a stroke, doctors urged her to abort her baby. Instead, she chose to carry baby Kat to term, giving her a chance at life.
In her first year in Congress, she testified about her family’s ties to the issue. Her mother, a stroke survivor, was told by doctors to terminate her pregnancy with Cammack, warning that it put her at risk of another stroke. She went on to deliver Cammack without problems.
RELATED: The Three-Year Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision: Same Battlefront of Life, Fresh Tactics Applied
The Tragic Case of Adriana Smith and the Left's Laser-Focus to Destroy Heartbeat Laws
Cammack, who is now pregnant and due to deliver in August, discussed further with WSJ about women's health concerns and treatments that are too often given short shrift, as well as her own concerns as a lawmaker with the way funding is restricted surrounding procedures like in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Cammack said she believes her perspective is an important counterweight on policy issues among House Republicans, where the average lawmaker age is nearly 60 and men outnumber women by around 6 to 1.
However, Cammack said she did not back the proposal introduced by fellow Florida Rep. Ana Paulina Luna Catalina to allow new mothers to vote remotely after giving birth.
“A lot of moms have to be right back to work,” she said. “I knew what I signed up for when I got elected.”
Cammack did not sign up for death threats, but since the WSJ interview, she has experienced a rash of them. As is typical of the pro-abortion forces, instead of viewing Cammack's story from the lens of empathy, and to further conversation and build a consensus that supports all women, evil actors are now wishing ill will upon Cammack and her unborn child and lodging credible threats against her family and her staff.
Cammack's Press Office announced this Wednesday on X.
Today, we had to evacuate our offices due to imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff. These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.
— Rep. Cammack Press Office (@RepKatCammack) June 26, 2025
Since then,… pic.twitter.com/gsaBO70s9P
Today, we had to evacuate our offices due to imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff. These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.
Since then, we’ve recieved thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists, which law enforcement is actively investigating. In light of recent violence against elected officials, these threats are taken very seriously.
To those spreading misinformation: I did not vote for Florida’s heartbeat law; I serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, not the Florida Legislature.
Let me be clear: I will not be intimidated. I won’t back down in the fight for women and families. Ensuring women have the resources and care they deserve is critical. We need real conversations about maternal healthcare in America—conversations based on truth, not fear.
But this is all the left knows. They could condemn these death threats and defend their positions; but in the end, like abortion, violence and death seem to be their default.
Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication for clarity.
Editor’s Note: Every single day, here at RedState, we will stand up and FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT against the radical left and deliver the conservative reporting our readers deserve.
Help us continue to tell the truth about the Trump administration and its major wins. Join RedState VIP and use promo code FIGHT to get 60% off your membership.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member