What Happens When a Pro-Life Congresswoman Needs an Abortion?

Tara Palmeri sits down with Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack of Florida for a wide-ranging and unusually candid conversation. As chair of the Republican Women's Caucus, she's co-leading a bipartisan working group with Democrat Teresa Leger Fernández to overhaul how misconduct is reported and punished: consolidating the maze of six separate reporting offices into a single "one-stop shop," requiring candidates to disclose past sexual-misconduct settlements, and stripping congressional pensions from those convicted. Tara presses her on the tensions, too — reconciling a zero-tolerance push with supporting a president who has been accused by more than two dozen women, and why she believes the Epstein files (which she says she's called to release since 2021) became a partisan weapon that ultimately hurt survivors. In the most personal stretch of the interview, Cammack recounts the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy that forced her to terminate to save her life, the delays she faced in the ER under Florida's six-week law, the disinformation campaign she says geofenced hospitals to frighten doctors, and the death threats she's received for telling her story. It's an emotional, often-uncomfortable conversation about power, accountability, and the human cost of playing politics with women's health. Thanks to Ground News for sponsoring the show! Only by using my link, you can get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan! Go to groundnews.com/tara Read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/tarapalmeri/p/congresswoman-kat-cammack-told-me?r=1ili3&utm_medium=ios Note: this episode includes a frank discussion of pregnancy loss and a medical emergency that some viewers may find difficult. 5:09 – "DC is Hollywood for ugly people" — and the stories reporters whisper 8:00 – Reporters as targets, too: the vulnerability built into access 11:00 – Leading the bipartisan working group: accountability beyond expulsions 13:21 – Disclosing settlements and stripping pensions for convictions 15:18 – The $17M in hush settlements and the maze of six reporting offices 17:44 – Why these congresswomen took it on, and a "disruptor" generation 19:48 – "Would you call yourself a feminist?" 23:11 – Tara pushes back with the trans-athlete statistics 25:23 – Reconciling the anti-harassment push with supporting Trump 27:00 – Why didn't Trump release the Epstein files? Calling for it since 2021 28:30 – Mace, MTG, and the political cost of demanding transparency 30:16 – What's holding the files back, and statute-of-limitations reform for survivors 33:07 – Her life-threatening ectopic pregnancy 37:11 – "What about the women who don't have a doctor?" The ER delay 38:28 – The geofencing disinformation campaign that scared off doctors 40:12 – The death threats and the "I called the governor" myth 43:49 – Does this make her rethink the law? Women's health beyond one issue 47:25 – Why she told her story: "so one woman felt less alone" 49:18 – Florida, fear, and the broken "sick care" system #politics #florida Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. For more of her reporting, subscribe to her weekly newsletter, "The Red Letter." https://tarapalmeri.substack.com/ https://www.tarapalmeri.com/subscribe The latest from the 'Red Letter': https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-it-time-to-take-the-oligarchy https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/gen-z-guru-rachel-janfaza-on-whether https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-big-gretch-cooked To support her mission of independent journalism, consider donating to her GoFundMe account: https://gofund.me/0c46f9a5 Listen to the 'Tara Palmeri Show': Apple https://apple.co/4lWeFuo iHeartRadio https://iheart.com/podcast/273622585/ Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cdfe747e-54a2-47ae-9ec5-15957642e533/the-tara-palmeri-show Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3kgamV3lbZIGIHW2H0XUTR?si=1ffdbb566a964bc1 Follow Tara: https://www.instagram.com/tarapalmeri/ https://x.com/tarapalmeri https://www.tiktok.com/@tarapalmeri For inquiries, email: [email protected]