Second woman says Herschel Walker pressured her to have abortion

Authored by theguardian.com and submitted by Austin63867

Another woman has claimed that Herschel Walker pressured her into having an abortion and drove her to a clinic to obtain one.

On Wednesday, lawyer Gloria Allred – who has represented numerous alleged victims of sexual misconduct and assault – introduced to reporters a woman who alleges Walker, the anti-abortion Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, took her to an abortion clinic to have an abortion in the 1990s.

Allred said that her client, whom she introduced as Jane Doe, began dating the former football player in 1987 and had an intimate relationship with him for several years.

At the news conference, Allred presented evidence of hotel receipts, handwritten letters and a voice recording that Walker left Doe during their relationship.

In 1993, Doe found that she was pregnant, according to her attorney. When she told Walker, he “clearly wanted her to have an abortion, and convinced her to do so. Our client alleges that Mr Walker gave her cash to pay for the abortion,” said Allred.

In an emotional statement that Doe presented without revealing her face, she recalled how she felt “confused, uncertain and scared”.

“I simply couldn’t go through with it. I left the clinic in tears,” she said.

Doe then explained that Walker drove her again to the clinic and waited for her for hours until the abortion was complete.

“I was devastated because I felt that I had been pressured into having an abortion,” Doe said, adding that she felt “naive” and that Walker “took advantage of me”.

“The reason I am here today is because he has publicly taken the position that he is ‘about life’ and against abortion under any circumstances, when, in fact, he pressured me to have an abortion and personally ensured that it occurred by driving me to the clinic and paid for it,” she said.

“I do not believe that Herschel Walker is morally fit to be a US senator,” she said. “And that is the reason why I am speaking up and providing proof,” Doe said, adding that she was an independent and voted for Donald Trump twice.

The Guardian has not independently confirmed the account of Walker’s latest accuser.

In response to the new reports, Walker said: “I’m done with this foolishness. I’ve already told people this is a lie and I’m not going to entertain.”

Walker has voiced strict anti-abortion beliefs but has already been accused of paying for an abortion for another woman.

The Georgia Senate race is one of a group of contests that could be key to deciding control of the Senate in the midterm elections on 8 November.

The Democratic incumbent, Raphael Warnock, was elected in 2020, and along with Jon Ossoff gave Democrats the seats they needed to split the Senate 50-50, and control it via the vote of the vice-president, Kamala Harris.

Warnock is a pastor at a church where the civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King once preached. Walker is a former college and NFL football star with a chequered business career who is endorsed by Donald Trump.

Nationwide, Democrats hope the supreme court ruling on abortion will help motivate turnout as they seek to hold the House and Senate.

On Wednesday morning, before Allred’s intervention, the polling website FiveThirtyEight gave Warnock a three-point lead.

The other woman said Walker encouraged and paid for an abortion in 2009. Walker denied paying for the abortion, telling the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt: “Had that happened, I would have said it, because it’s nothing to be ashamed of there. You know, people have done that, but I know nothing about it. And if I knew about it, I would be honest and talk about it, but I know nothing about that.”

The same woman said he encouraged her to get a second abortion and had done “nothing” for their son.

Walker has said he is in favour of a total abortion ban, in line with Republican policy in the aftermath of the US supreme court ruling which revoked the right to abortion in June.

On the debate stage earlier this month, Walker tried to deny being in favor of an outright abortion ban and attacked Warnock for being a Baptist pastor but supporting abortion rights.

CaptainNoBoat on October 26th, 2022 at 16:19 UTC »

2021 - “If you have a child with a woman,” Mr. Walker continued in that interview, “even if you have to leave that woman — even if you have to leave that woman — you don’t leave that child.”

June 14th, 2022 - DailyBeast reveals Walker has a secret neglected son.

June 16th, 2022 - DailyBeast reveals Walker has a SECOND and THIRD secret son and daughter.

May, 2022 - Walker says he supports no exceptions for abortions.

September, 2022 - Walker supports nationwide abortion ban.

October 3rd, 2022 - Woman says that Walker impregnated her and paid for her abortion in 2009 when they were dating. Provides receipts.

October 5th, 2022 - Walker says he doesn't know the woman accusing him.

October 5th, 2022 - Media reports woman accusing him is the mother of one of his children.

October 8th, 2022 - Same woman reveals Walker encouraged her to have a second abortion.

Today - "New woman alleges that she had a romantic, intimate relationship with Herschel Walker and that he drove her to an abortion clinic to have an abortion after she became pregnant as a result of her relationship with him”

Between all this and flashing a prop badge at a debate, I'm starting to think this ex-football player might not be a great fit as a U.S. Senator.

leontes on October 26th, 2022 at 16:01 UTC »

They can keep on forgiving him, as forgiving him means it's a clean state starting.... now! Wait, he's got one more lie about it... now!

ProleAcademy on October 26th, 2022 at 16:00 UTC »

And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming, and he keeps coming till the day he stops