U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R-GA) has elected not to publicly respond to claims made by a second woman charging he pressured her into having an abortion, according to a report by FOX 5 Atlanta.
The woman, identified only as “Jane Doe,” says Walker drove her to an abortion clinic in 1993 and waited outside while she had the procedure. The two had been in a relationship for six years and Walker paid for the procedure to be performed, she said.
“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 paying for it,” the woman told reporters in an audio Zoom call, arranged by her lawyers, FOX 5 reports.
During a recent debate in Savannah with Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Walker insisted that his position on the issue of abortion matches the state’s so-called “Heartbeat Law,” which makes abortion illegal after detection of cardiac activity in an embryo at around six weeks of pregnancy.
According to the report, the law now on the books in Georgia includes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape, incest or threats to a woman’s life or health.
During the debate Walker accused a moderator of misstating he is in favor of “a complete ban on a national level,” emphasizing that is views are in line with the current Heartbeat Law—which bans abortions before many women even realize they are pregnant.
