Fourth Anniversary of Dobbs Decision

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Mrs. CAMMACK. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the great State of Utah, the very esteemed and important vice chair, the most important title for hosting this Special Order, marking an incredible and important anniversary.

Mr. Speaker, 4 years ago, the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs returned one of the most important questions in our society to the American people and their elected representatives.

Since then, there has been a lot of rhetoric, a lot of fear, and a lot of misinformation. In fact, we have heard some of it tonight.

I know this all too well because I have lived it personally. See, 2 years after Dobbs, I experienced one of the most dangerous pregnancy complications a woman can face, an ectopic pregnancy. My baby had no heartbeat. Without treatment, I could have lost my life.

Doctors warned that if the pregnancy ruptured, the window to save me could be measured in minutes--not hours, not days, minutes.

I was accused of a number of things, things like special treatment and calling in favors. The truth is, it is a lie. I had no special treatment. There were no favors to call in.

Instead, I fought and advocated. I sat in the ER and read the doctors the law right from my phone. They had hesitated due to confusion.

What shocked me most was the confusion surrounding my care. It was not because Florida's law had been presented a particular way. It expressly protected women like me. It expressly said in statute that ectopic pregnancies are medical emergencies. The confusion, in fact, came from misinformation from pro-abortion activists who had geofenced hospitals with digital ads convincing healthcare providers that they would face consequences for providing lifesaving care and convincing them that treating miscarriages and ectopics is an abortion.

It is not. It never has been, not in Florida, not in any State, not by the medical establishment, and, heck, not even by Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has even stated this.

This is an uncomfortable fact that the pro-abortion lobby is fighting like hell to change.

While my husband and I were going through this hell, I kept asking: What happens to the woman who doesn't know the law? What happens to her if she is scared, alone, or too sick to fight for herself?

What if she doesn't have a doctor? What if she doesn't have a car to get to help?

Four years after Dobbs, it is clear that we need a whole heck of a lot less political theater and a whole heck of a lot more honest conversations. We need to support women who face miscarriages, stillbirths, and ectopic pregnancies, and we dang sure need better maternal healthcare.

We need facts instead of fear. The pro-abortion lobby would love for Americans to believe that a ``wanted pregnancy'' is a precious baby worthy of protection and love while simultaneously labeling an ``unwanted pregnancy'' merely a clump of cells that does not deserve love or protection.

Both cannot be true at the same time. That is not a political opinion. That is the most basic principle in all of human reasoning. Aristotle called this the principle of noncontradiction. A thing cannot both be and not be the same thing simultaneously.

It is the pro-abortion lobby's position that they are hoping Americans abandon logic in order to accept a narrative that is false.

Calling it out is the least that we can do. Pushing back and having this national conversation about how we protect women is long overdue, and we need to remember that behind every statistic is a family, a baby who was loved, and a mother whose life matters.

Recently, I introduced the Bereaved Parents Rights Act. This bill would allow the parents to collect their children's remains so they can properly grieve their lost children. We must remember that these are children. They are worthy of life, protection, and love, and we must fight for them every single day along with their parents. That is the work that is ahead of us. It is a conversation that is not just worth having, it is an issue worth fighting for.

Mr. Speaker, today we celebrate 4 years of saving lives and many more to come.

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