Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack has revealed that she almost died last year as a result of her state’s six-week abortion ban, which left hospital staff reluctant to treat her ectopic pregnancy for fear of criminal prosecution.

Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Cammack, 37, reported her experiences in an unnamed Florida hospital’s emergency room on May 31 2024 when it was discovered that there was no way for her baby’s embryo to survive and that her own life was in danger without action.

A doctor discovered the embryo implanted where the fallopian tube meets the uterus, a cornual ectopic pregnancy, and frankly told the representative: “If this ruptures, it’ll kill you.”

But after deciding against surgery, the facility’s doctors and nurses had to be persuaded to give her the shot of methotrexate she required to expel the pregnancy.