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US Senate candidate Herschel Walker
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Republican US Senate candidate Herschel Walker is also said to have paid for an abortion for a second woman.
The woman, who remained anonymous, said at an online press conference that the then-football star pressured her to have an abortion in 1993 and gave her money to do so.
He even drove her to the Dallas abortion clinic, waited for her in the parking lot, and then bought her medication.
"Herschel Walker is a hypocrite and he is not fit to be a US senator," said the woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe of Walker, who is emerging as a staunch anti-abortion fighter ahead of the November 8 congressional election.
According to her own statements, the woman had an affair of several years with the married sports star from 1987.
The woman's attorney, prominent jurist Gloria Allred, produced several cards at the press conference that Walker is said to have written to the woman.
However, Allred provided no evidence of an abortion or payment by Walker.
Supposed check for $700
It was only at the beginning of October that the website The Daily Beast reported that the conservative Senate candidate and supporter of ex-President Donald Trump paid for an abortion for his then-girlfriend in 2009.
The woman showed a bill for the abortion and a picture of a $700 check that Walker sent her five days after the abortion.
Walker has repeatedly denied the information as a "lie."
The 60-year-old is running for a seat in the Senate in Washington in the upcoming congressional elections in the US state of Georgia.
The race against current Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is one of the closest Senate races in the nation — and could decide whether President Joe Biden's Democrats defend their razor-thin majority in the Congress Chamber or lose it to Republicans.
Walker's election campaign has been extremely rocky and is marked by allegations of domestic violence, false information about his CV and rhetorical weaknesses.
The "Daily Beast" report on the alleged abortion in 2009 put him under a lot of pressure, especially since many conservative voters are strictly against abortions.
The affair has not been reflected in the polls.
Leading Republicans, including Trump, rallied behind Walker.
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