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Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) arrived at the emergency room in May 2024 terrified by what she had just learned: Her pregnancy could kill her at any moment," the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Exclusive: Rep. Kat Cammack says doctors last year hesitated to treat her ectopic pregnancy. She says the left scared medical professionals by stressing that they could face criminal charges.

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 08:41 PM | Reply

Florida Heifer Kat Cammack Blames 'The Left' After FL Abortion Ban Nearly Killed Her

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#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-23 04:51 PM | Reply

This lady faced a very dangerous situation, one which was ignored by members of her political party when they crafted the law she had to argue about, so as to obtain proper medical care. Sadly, once treated, she did nothing to work toward the delivery of life-saving medical care for other Florida women. In short, she could be responsible for other Florida women dying...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-23 05:42 PM | Reply

- In short, she could be responsible for other Florida women dying...

aka a Cabinet bid in Trumpland.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-23 05:47 PM | Reply

Anyone who graduates from medical skill without learning that an ectopic pregnancy is a life threatening emergency deserves to lose their medical license. But just in case those idiot doctors needed clarification, there was this:


59AER24-1 Medical Records Procedures for Treatment of Premature Rupture of Membranes and Other Life Threatening Conditions.

(3) The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion and shall not be reported pursuant to Rule 59A-9.034. The treating physician shall document the treatment in the patient's medical record.
(4) The treatment of a trophoblastic tumor is not an abortion and shall not be reported pursuant to Rule 59A-9.034. The treating physician shall document the treatment in the patient's medical record.
Rulemaking Authority 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 390.0112, 395.3015 FS. History"New 5-1-24.

#5 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-23 08:36 PM | Reply

Why should medical doctors be reading legal documents? Are they lawyers?

Or do cops just expect *everyone* to inherently understand the the nuances of right-wing lawfare?

This is why you don't talk to cops without a lawyer. Dips like Miranda.

#6 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-06-23 09:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I'd be happy if they read their medical books. You know, the ones that say ectopic pregnancies are not ever viable pregnancies and always threaten the life of the mother.

I am NOT a supporter of the Florida abortion statute, but no matter how poorly it was thought through, it is clear there was no intent to punish doctors who act in good faith to protect their patients. Exactly zero doctors have been prosecuted under this statute.

Meanwhile, there are too many stories of women dying or becoming critically ill because doctors put their patients lives at risk due to their own ignorance concerning these laws and harboring unfounded fears of prosecution. The media is complicit in the rampant misinformation and fear mongering that contributed to this phenomenon.

#7 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-23 11:00 PM | Reply

Why should medical doctors be reading legal documents? Are they lawyers?

Excuse me. These are professionals granted a licensed privilege. Expecting them to know the basic parameters of practicing of their profession is not unreasonable. Their professional associations should by educating. I'm sure they are.

Mine does.

#8 | Posted by et_al at 2025-06-23 11:36 PM | Reply

Agreed, and also, any facility offering emergency care has a legal department. It is their job to stay apprised of legislation that impacts their business and publish advisories to inform the non-lawyers on staff.

I am appalled at the way these laws are being used as an excuse to cover for tragic, preventable deaths of pregnant women due to reckless acts of negligent malpractice.

I am also against the imposition of these draconian abortion laws.

#9 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-24 12:03 AM | Reply

I'm betting the legal departments of most hospitals have detailed written guidance on everything from medications to mental health treatment to mop bucket storage. It isn't too much to ask them to keep personnel informed about the "nuances" of this legislation.

Maybe when the malpractice lawsuits start paying out, they will figure out they can comply with the law and keep their patients from dying at the same time.

#10 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-24 12:09 AM | Reply

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 08:41 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Florida Heifer Kat Cammack Blames 'The Left' After FL Abortion Ban Nearly Killed Her
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#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-23 04:51 PM | Reply | Flag:
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This lady faced a very dangerous situation, one which was ignored by members of her political party when they crafted the law she had to argue about, so as to obtain proper medical care. Sadly, once treated, she did nothing to work toward the delivery of life-saving medical care for other Florida women. In short, she could be responsible for other Florida women dying...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-23 05:42 PM | Reply | Flag:
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- In short, she could be responsible for other Florida women dying...
aka a Cabinet bid in Trumpland.
#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-23 05:47 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Anyone who graduates from medical skill without learning that an ectopic pregnancy is a life threatening emergency deserves to lose their medical license. But just in case those idiot doctors needed clarification, there was this:

59AER24-1 Medical Records Procedures for Treatment of Premature Rupture of Membranes and Other Life Threatening Conditions.
(3) The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion and shall not be reported pursuant to Rule 59A-9.034. The treating physician shall document the treatment in the patient's medical record.
(4) The treatment of a trophoblastic tumor is not an abortion and shall not be reported pursuant to Rule 59A-9.034. The treating physician shall document the treatment in the patient's medical record.
Rulemaking Authority 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 390.0112, 395.3015 FS. History"New 5-1-24.

#5 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-23 08:36 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Why should medical doctors be reading legal documents? Are they lawyers?
Or do cops just expect *everyone* to inherently understand the the nuances of right-wing lawfare?
This is why you don't talk to cops without a lawyer. Dips like Miranda."

I agree with MirandA, A DOCTOR TREATING A ATIENT WITH POTENTIALLY LIFE YHREATENING conditions shold not need to have a lawyer in the operating room assisting and overseeing what the doctor does to save their patient's life. Bottom line; the Legislature should not be oresuming to practice medicime through laws designed to pander to extreme right wing Christion voters!
Abortion should be a decision made by the patient and her doctor and evweyone else should minf their own God damned business!

#11 | Posted by danni at 2025-06-24 06:05 AM | Reply

"(3) The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion and shall not be reported pursuant to Rule 59A-9.034."

Of course it's an abortion. It absolutely kills the fetus.

Any medical doctor who aborted an ectopic pregnancy would testify that they provided abortion, regardless of what the law states.

We don't know why you can't acknowledge that fact.

You have a weird hang-up whereby you think if you tell a doctor it's okay to murder certain babies, you think they should believe you, but you're neither a lawyer or a doctor.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 07:15 AM | Reply

You're a cop.

You are trained to lie to people, to try to get them to admit guilt.

That's all you are doing with your "command voice" posts, quoting a law you don't even understand.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 07:20 AM | Reply

Maybe when the malpractice lawsuits start paying out, they will figure out they can comply with the law and keep their patients from dying at the same time.
#10 | Posted by Miranda7

Completely backwards.

You think a Florida jury will punish a doctor for NOT killing a fetus, when abortion is illegal in Florida.

See, this is what I mean about you've been trained to lie to people.

It really makes it impossible to discuss the issues with you because you're already looking past the issues to the imaginary outcomes that just aren't supported by law or by human nature or by how businesses operate.

Your reassurances about the law fall as flat as a police officer who tells a woman not to worry because there's A restraining order against her abusive husband. Like that's any sort of guarantee.

You try to exploit people's naievete.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 07:27 AM | Reply

Anyone who graduates from medical skill without learning that an ectopic pregnancy is a life threatening emergency deserves to lose their medical license. But just in case those idiot doctors needed clarification, there was this:

The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion and shall not be reported

#5 | Posted by Miranda7

Easy for you to say, but why would any medical procedure need to be reported? Why should a doctor have to worry about losing their license and being charged with a crime when they're busy with a life threatening emergency?

Remember, the same Republicans who made these laws are same Republicans who believe women and doctors can be charged for miscarriages.

#15 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-06-24 01:09 PM | Reply

It's funny anyone believes republicans care about nuance.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-24 01:11 PM | Reply

The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion and shall not be reported
#5 | Posted by Miranda7

One could read this to mean that it is illegal to treat ectopic pregnancy with abortion:

"The treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion. Instead, let nature run its course."

Do you really not see how it could be interpreted that way? Really?

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 01:46 PM | Reply

#18 you all want this SOOOOOO badly to be unclear, but it's not.

even in legalese it's pretty plain language that treating an ectopic pregnancy will not be considered an abortion, and doesn't need to be reported as one.

Twist it around all you like, it's what the doctors that vote left are doing by pretending they're afraid of this, but it's political theater and pretty disgusting.

#18 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-06-24 03:04 PM | Reply

"even in legalese it's pretty plain language that treating an ectopic pregnancy will not be considered an abortion, and doesn't need to be reported as one."

You're really not getting it, and I know you're not a dummy, so I'll point out a few things.

What CPT code do they use for this medical procedure?
The same one as for an abortion.

Put a doctor on the stand under oath, ask them if this procedure was an abortion.
The true answer is: Yes, that is the medical procedure known as abortion, regardless of what any statute might indicate.

You really gonna deny all of that is true, Smart guy?
Really?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 03:37 PM | Reply

it's political theater and pretty disgusting.
#18 | Posted by kwrx25

You're right, though of course the political theater is coming from the guys who re-defined baby murder to make certain kinds of baby murder legal.

Go on, KWRX25. Deny that terminating an ectopic pregnancy ends a human life.

You live in a Clown World of your own choosing.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 03:40 PM | Reply

the left scared medical professionals by stressing that they could face criminal charges.

The criminal charges only exist because the right made it illegal for women to receive medical treatment for removal of an inseminated egg.

Kat Cammack is a fat moron and should be forced to carry her child until it kills her.

Just like Republicans want.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-24 03:51 PM | Reply

Where the ---- this KWRX25 at to tell us how unfair it is that this woman is a victim of the libs?

I really cannot believe the extent to which otherwise sensible people

That means you, KWRX25!

have bought into the "Republicans are victims of liberals and everyone else" crybaby narrative that defines right-wing politics today.

This fat ugly ----- brought this on herself, and you ---- well know it too.

You know what your problem is, KWRX25, and that awful Miranda ---- too?

Its not just that She knew the risks when she spread her legs.

She also helped create most of the risk when she banned abortion.

You stupid ----s.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-24 09:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

So much misinformation. The "medical procedure" known as abortion is vacuum aspiration to suck the fetus out of the uterus via the vagina. Considering an ectopic pregnancy is not and will never become a fetus, and is not and will never be in the uterus, and cannot be removed by vacuum aspiration, or via the vagina using any method Laparoscopic surgery through the abdominal wall is required to remove an ectopic pregnancy nd that is not the same medical procedure as an abortion, nor does it have the same CPT coding.

If you consider administering methotrexate to be a "Medical procedure", that will also will have different CPT coding because it will include the coding for the drug AND the diagnosis, which could be for termination of pregnancy, treatment of an ectopic pregnancy, or treating a Variety of other illnesses like endometriosis psoriasis, Crohn's disease or lymphoma. All of these have differnt CPT coding. Just because they use the same drug doesn't make them the same thing.

Doctors know (or should know) that treatment of a non-uterine "pregnancy" is not, and has never been considered an abortion from a medical standpoint.

#23 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-06-25 12:38 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#23 | Posted by Miranda7

Lotta words just to say "I'm an idiot".

#24 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-06-25 08:32 AM | Reply

Some of you insist this all because of the draconian laws being passed by the far right. Other claim it's because of malicious compliance by the left. As the Taco Shell Girl says, por que no los dos?

Just like there are some medical professionals who refuse to prescribe birth control pills even for reasons which have nothing to do with birth control, because of what they might be used for, and they don't want to have their names attached to it due to liability to their reputations in their respective communities. I'm sure there is probably a similar phenomenon when it comes to terminating a pregnancy. Some people really are that pin headed.

On the other hand, there is some truth to the idea of malicious compliance, but it's dishonest to suggest that it's unique to either the left or the right. There are definitely people who will be passive agressive about laws they disagree with, as well as people who are genuinely hyper cautious about liabilities to the extreme.

#25 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-06-25 09:10 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#25 - HOLY S****. A post on this site that it reminiscent of the quality of discourse this site had back in the day when I first joined. Thanks for bringing a bit of sanity Sentinel.

#26 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-06-25 09:38 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Snoofy, you kind of went off on a rant, but in it you did direct a question to me along the gist of "ending an ectopic pregnancy is ending a life", and that should cause some form of moral dilemma for me. At least I felt that was the intent, perhaps it was the intent to infer this could cause a coding issue for the doctor to record the procedure.

Addressing the first possible intent, my personal take on abortion is that it does end a life and that should be acknowledged. It's also my personal take that life and conscious life are different(to me), and that does allow for compassionate abortions. Daily life is not a collection of black and white issues and experiences, and while I found it incredibly unfortunate to end a life to ensure the safety of the mother, I feel strongly that an abortion in that case should be acceptable. So there is no moral dilemma there for me.

I believe that since you asked the question others have addressed that there shouldn't be a coding issue for ectopic vs abortion. If there is an legal ambiguity then it should be of the highest order to address in the law.

#27 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-06-25 09:46 AM | Reply

" Doctors know (or should know) that treatment of a non-uterine "pregnancy" is not, and has never been considered an abortion from a medical standpoint."

They do know.

What they don't know is does the current AG know. And therein lies the rub.

Even "being right" might cost six figures.

#28 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-06-25 11:21 AM | Reply

It's also my personal take that life and conscious life are different(to me), and that does allow for compassionate abortions.

#27 | Posted by kwrx25

If Conscious Life is different, then you support Roe v. Wade. A fetus isn't conscious until the very end of the 2nd Trimester.

So you would support abortion until at least the end of month 5.

Thank you for explaining why Republicans are evil.

#29 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-06-25 11:25 AM | Reply

"A fetus isn't conscious until the very end of the 2nd Trimester."


Since maga morons do not appear to be conscious and do not appear capable of an independent thought so ... ok to "abort" them on sight? Asking for a friend.

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-25 11:49 AM | Reply

"Doctors know (or should know) that treatment of a non-uterine "pregnancy" is not, and has never been considered an abortion from a medical standpoint"

Well that's an interesting claim.

Tell us what it is considered, from a medical standpoint, and then tell us how the treatment differs from abortion.

In the story we're talking about here, the fat ugly slut who can't keep her legs closed was eventually given methotrexate.

Methotrexate is the same drug they give to induce abortion.

So just what the fuck are you talking about when you say giving someone methotrexate to abort a fetus isn't "abortion."

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-25 11:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"The "medical procedure" known as abortion is vacuum aspiration to suck the fetus out of the uterus via the vagina."

That's dilation and extraction.

There's also dilation and curettage.

There's intact dilation and extraction, which is Republican's favorite boogey man the incalculably evil "partial birth abortion" which is only ever done with a non-viable fetus but Republicans still shame the sluts who need one.

And then there's administration of methotrexate.

All of those are medical procedures are abortion.

Even removing a dead fetus by vacuum aspiration to suck the dead fetus out of the uterus via the vagina is still an abortion.

ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES AND MISCARRIAGES
Some states' abortion laws specify that care for ectopic pregnancies and pregnancy loss is not criminalized in its statutes. Most states with these provisions in their bans allow for the removal of a dead fetus or embryo, but not for miscarriage care, generally. This means that pregnant people who are actively miscarrying may be denied care if there is still detectable fetal cardiac activity. There have already been reports of such situations in Texas and Louisiana. In Louisiana, for example, a pregnant woman went to the hospital after experiencing sharp pain and bleeding. She was informed her fetus had likely stopped growing a few weeks prior, as its size did not correspond to the length of her pregnancy, and that it had very faint cardiac activity. Despite the pain and the blood loss she was experiencing, she could not receive the regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol commonly prescribed to pregnant patients who are miscarrying to ensure that the pregnancy is safely expelled from the body completely in a timely manner, thereby decreasing the risk of sepsis and infection. Instead, she had to wait for the miscarriage to progress without medical intervention, which would have expedited the process and reduced her medical risk. In states where the abortion bans do not clarify that miscarriage care is not criminalized " even when there is still detectable cardiac activity " pregnant people may not be able to receive care to manage their pregnancy loss unless and until it becomes a medical emergency.
www.kff.org

#32 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-25 12:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If there is an legal ambiguity then it should be of the highest order to address in the law.
#27 | Posted by kwrx25

The legal ambiguity was created by Republicans.
You think they didn't know what they were doing?

Oh my sweet summer child!

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-25 12:14 PM | Reply

the left scared medical professionals by stressing that they could face criminal charges.

In 2019, Republican legislators in Ohio introduced a bill that threatened doctors with prosecution for "abortion murder" if they did not take steps to "reimplant an ectopic pregnancy" into the uterus a procedure that is not medically possible. Three years later, a GOP state representative in Missouri put forth legislation that would make it a felony to terminate an ectopic pregnancy.

Although those bills did not ultimately become law, other anti-abortion legislation has curtailed access to life-saving treatment for ectopic pregnancies.

"Many abortion bans, like the Florida ban, use broad language defining abortion as ending a pregnancy in any way other than birth," noted Nan Strauss, the senior policy analyst for maternal health at National Partnership for Women and Families.

That kind of definition leaves room for the criminalization of ectopic pregnancy treatment, forcing health providers and administrators to tread carefully.

HuffPost

Typical right-wingers - creating problems then blaming the left.

#34 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-06-25 01:23 PM | Reply

it's dishonest to suggest that it's unique to either the left or the right.

It is when we're talking about abortion. One side wants Roe v Wade and the other aborted it. Both siderism is all ya got.

#35 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-06-25 02:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"Doctors know (or should know) that treatment of a non-uterine "pregnancy" is not, and has never been considered an abortion from a medical standpoint."

Hey Dumb Cunt,

The medical standpoint doesn't matter.

The Law is enforced from a Legal standpoint.

You're a lying piece of shit cop, trained to lie and deceive, like in the comment I quoted.

#36 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-25 02:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Miranda doesn't understand law as a cop. Same way Boaz doesn't get the constitution after taking an oath to defend it.

It's a level of dishonesty and willful ignorance I can't comprehend.

#37 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-06-25 03:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I realize this is from Texas not Florida, but the same magat scum attitude is present

www.reuters.com

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity.

So, umm, yeah, fuck you to all the magat scum criticizing doctors for being hesitant or refusing to perform abortions.

30 years in prison for having a different interpretation of the law

Fuck magat scum

#38 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-06-25 03:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Agree Truth, all it takes is a rouge prosecutor to ruin someone's day. Or in Texas case, the AG.

#39 | Posted by mattm at 2025-06-25 03:33 PM | Reply

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