When an Anti-Abortion U. S. Representative Needs an Abortion



A U. S. House member from Florida backed enthusiastically Florida's anti abortion bill. It passed. Then she had a problem pregnancy and needed an abortion. She was certain the abortion by pill would be best for her and asked doctors for it. Initially, doctors refused. They and their attorneys thought the anti-abortion law, 30 pages long, would put doctors in jeopardy if they gave Representative Kat Cammack an abortion. 

The lawmaker became angry. She found the text of the bill on her phone and read parr of it to the doctors. Of course, the part of it she read was the part which gave doctors permission to terminate a pregnancy when it was clear the pregnancy endangered the woman. She did not read the parts which carry on the rights of the fetus and destroying a fetus is murder. Her doctors knew Rep. Cammack who wanted the abortion would not pay their legal bills if some zealot anti-abortion group went after them. They knew, also, the legislator would not pay their grocery bills if they lost their licenses. 

After a few hours of arguing doctors gave her the pills and she had an abortion. She, however, remained quite angry and brought her grievance to the Wall Street Journal.  She claimed liberal doctors put her in jeopardy by claiming the bill left them open to prosecution. All this while she could have found the abortion pill from an illegal source and taking on the responsibility to defend herself from prosecution.  

From Rep. Cammack's view it was unfair of the doctors to force her to find the abortion pill on her own. What if she inadvertently bought is from an illegal source? She would lose her political office and her livelihood. It would fairer for the doctors to lose their licenses than for her to lose her office.

The "right-to-life" political group is dishonest and self-centered at its core.    

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