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

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

From The Tara Palmeri Show by Tara Palmeri

June 21, 2026 · 59 min

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Tara Palmeri interviews Congresswoman Kat Cammack about her experiences with abortion, harassment in Congress, and her efforts to reform misconduct reporting.

Tara Palmeri sits down with Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack of Florida for a wide-ranging and unusually candid conversation. A former Capitol Hill chief of staff before she was elected, Cammack draws on both sides of the power dynamic to describe a culture she calls "college 2.0" — late nights, alcohol, lobbyists, and a steep imbalance that she argues lets harassment flourish among members and staff alike. 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…

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Host: Tara Palmeri

Guest: Kat Cammack

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Organizations: Republican Women's Caucus, Democrat Teresa Leger Fernández, Capitol Hill

Places: Florida, Epstein

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