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Florida congresswoman blames left-wing fearmongering for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy

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Republican representative’s ectopic pregnancy clashes with Florida abortion law

Florida congresswoman blames left-wing fearmongering for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life

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what I went through wasn’t an abortion
You're ending a pregnancy, right? That's all an abortion is: you abort the pregnancy.
Gold medal for mental gymnastics there.
- "My abortion was different"
  — every religious fundamentalist ever
  
  The only moral abortion is my abortion
- Weird how hypocrisy is correlated with conservatism.
But Cammack, who opposes abortion and co-chairs the House pro-life caucus, told the Wall Street Journal she blames messaging from pro-abortion groups for delaying her treatment, which is not banned under Florida’s restrictive statutes, who have created fear of criminal charges.
She... Uhhh.. Oh. She's a moron. A hypocrite and a moron.
Let's all take a second to note that the outrageous hypocrisy that is the core of this story was not once challenged by The Guardian.
- Which is why I ignore their constant pleas for money. They can be objective, but I’m tired of news organizations sanewashing this shit.
If my eyes roll any farther back I’ll be in the Middle Ages.
She's a murderer. Lock her up.
/s I guess but it's their rules so maybe not?
Florida law allows abortion in the case of ectopic pregnancy or other situations where the mother's life is in danger. If the events she's presented are true it's hard to think other than that the hospital staff were not clear on the law, and no doubt public discourse (which naturally centres around the strictest laws) has had an effect on that.
But it's also possible that the "reluctance" was just a delay during which her doctors were getting the necessary two written opinions that it was necessary.
- Bullshit. They spent that time:
  Doing the rest of their job, caring for all the other people
  Talking to legal and collecting required paperwork to support the legal case that the medical case is legal
  
  And you know that how, exactly?
- Wait, WHAT. They need two written opinions backing up that it was necessary?
  
  Probably male doctor opinions only. OBGYN optional if they are white.
  
  In the Florida law, yes, if it's beyond the (impractically low) gestational age threshold.
  This is not that surprising given the position of pro-lifers who think that life begins at conception. The UK just progressed an assisted-dying bill which would legalise the ending of the lives of terminally ill people; even with their consent, two written opinions are needed (in the bill, which is not yet law) to do this.
  But yes, it's a lot of hurdles for something that should in general just be available as a medical procedure.
This has classic "look at what you made me do" energy.
I had to check if this was Onion
So has she been arrested yet?
- Perhaos you don't understand how the law works, she's a republican and thus currently immune.
File this under: never expect someone who is misled to learn the right lesson, ever.
Cammack then spit on the reporter's shirt, and then proceeded to run over a small child and dog in the parking lot, pausing to reverse and do it again.
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I have to wonder if the Doctors weren't trolling her a bit. She had an ectopic pregnancy at 5 weeks. Not only is the abortion necessary, it was within the six-week limit, so it was perfectly legal on all counts. So why would they claim they were confused about the law?
I suspect they wanted to teach an arrogant Florida Republican a lesson about politics encroaching on the medical decisions between a doctor and their patient, and made her jump through a bunch of hoops first, just to make her feel the fear, anxiety, anger, and frustration of the average citizen whose medical care is being dictated by MAGA Nazis.
Remember, we are only hearing the side of a professional MAGA Nazi, so she's a proven liar.
The only moral abortion is my abortion.
Yes the unmistakeable left wingers like Robert JFK and pals.

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