Georgia Candidate Herschel Walker Is Anti-Abortion & Two Women Say He Paid For Theirs
The controversy explained and Walker's response.
Ex-NFL player and Georgia candidate for the US Senate races, Herschel Walker, has campaigned against abortion. As he runs for a title in office, women from his past have been coming forward and alleging him of paying for their pregnancy termination.
On October 3, an anonymous woman revealed a receipt from an abortion clinic as well as a get-well-soon card signed by Walker along with an image of a $700 check signed by him, the Daily Beast reported.
Walker responded to these allegations on Twitter that same day.
"This is a flat-out lie — and I deny this in the strongest possible terms," the candidate published in a statement. He also called the accusation "slander".
However, his son, Christian Walker, publicly went on Twitter to back up the unidentified woman's claims in a video posted on October 4 saying that this tweet was a lie and "everything has been a lie".
"He has four kids. Four different women. Wasn't in the house raising one of them," he said. "He was out having sex with other women. Do you care about family values?"
The New York Times published on October 7 that the same woman was urged to have a second abortion in 2011, though she had the baby boy instead.
Now, a second ex-relationship of the former athlete is also saying she was urged to go to a clinic in 1992. Her attorney, Gloria Allred spoke in a press conference posted to Facebook on October 26, calling the woman "Jane Doe" as to respect her privacy.
Jane Doe also spoke at the press conference. She said: "Walker is against women having abortions, but he pressured me to have one. I am coming forward now because I saw Herschel deny the allegations by another woman."
Doe said Walker's defense was that he never signed a card with the letter "H" (referring to the get-well-soon card), though she has seen otherwise on her own account.
According to ABC News Walker released a statement after the press conference occurred also saying this was a "lie".
The candidate is running against current U.S. Senator, Raphael Warnock.