Pro-Life Congressman to Resign Following Abortion Scandal

By artappraiser on Thu, 10/05/2017 - 12:29pm |

Anti-abortion Republican congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania has announced his plans to retire following reports that he had an extramarital affair and urged his mistress to get an abortion during a pregnancy scare [....]

The 64-year-old congressman admitted to having an affair with 32-year-old forensic psychologist Shannon Edwards several weeks ago, after details of their relationship were made public during her divorce proceedings. On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that it had obtained documents from the proceedings, including a text message exchange in which Edwards criticizes Murphy for posting anti-abortion views on Facebook [....]

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https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/pro-life-congressman-to-resign-following-abortion-scandal.html