The science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, one of the Big Three of the 1950s and 60s, once listed the various plot outlines that stories could take. I cannot find the quote at the moment, but if my memory serves me correctly, they are If this goes on, One who learns better, and Biter bit.
Biter bit can be characterized as when the tables get turned on someone, and that character must experience a taste of their own medicine for a change.
Of course, sometimes that can happen in real life.
Case in point, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) has been an aggressive opponent of abortion and has strongly supported Florida’s law that bans abortions in nearly all cases.
She has an A+ rating from the anti-abortioin movement:
Rep. Cammack has voted consistently to protect the lives of the unborn and to stop forced taxpayer funding of abortion. This includes delivering the largest pro-life legislative victory in two decades by defunding Big Abortion businesses, like Planned Parenthood, of Medicaid dollars for one year through the reconciliation bill H.R.1. Rep. Cammack also stood strong against attempts to further subsidize plans that cover elective abortion.
Rep. Cammack has championed unborn babies and women as a co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus. To fight the misinformation of the pro-abortion lobby and media, Rep. Cammack introduced the Truth in Women’s Healthcare Act that clarifies that medical care for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies is not abortion.
But what happened when she found herself five weeks into an ectopic pregnancy?
There was no heartbeat from the embryo and Cammack’s life was at risk. (Notice I call it an embryo, not a “baby”. I certainly don’t object to a woman, filled to overflowing with hormones, referring to the bundle that’s growing inside of her as her baby, nor to the people around her doing so, but I feel the rest of us should try to retain some semblance of objectivity.)
On hearing the news, naturally she said, “I’m a god-fearing Republican! Let nature take its course!”
Oh, wait. No, that’s not what she said. She asked for an abortion.
Except the doctors had to check with their lawyers because of the law that she had proudly helped to pass. They didn’t want to get into trouble for themselves and for the hospital.
She pleaded and begged. She called Florida’s governor to intervene.
But the governor was not available to handle her problem. I wonder why.
Finally, the doctors gave in and decided that they were covered, whether because her condition was now serious enough or because she was, you know, a Republican legislator. Who knows.
But she got her abortion.
Now Rep. Kat Cammack has sat down for an interview with journalist Tara Palmeri. The bulk of the conversation concerns her work dealing with sexual harassment in Congress. But there were no conditions placed on Palmeri, so at about 40:45 she turns the conversation to the abortion. The first two minutes of the video has Tara Palmeri explaining her reasoning for showing the full interview.
I’m embedding the interview here, but you might want to visit the web site to view the comments.
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