Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) accused Democrats of spreading misinformation about a Florida abortion law that led healthcare workers to express concerns about ending her ectopic pregnancy.
When the Republican congresswoman went to the emergency room last month seeking to end her ectopic pregnancy, she said medical providers worried that doing so would violate a Florida law that bans most abortions after six weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Hospital staff worried about losing their licenses or going to jail if they complied with her request, the Florida lawmaker said, even though she said that ending an ectopic pregnancy doesn’t qualify as an abortion. And even under the premise that it was an abortion, exceptions to the law allow for such procedures in cases such as
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