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Transcript: Rep. DesJarlais urged abortion
Posted on October 11, 2012
A freshman congressman running for re-election on a pro-life platform urged his pregnant mistress to get an abortion a decade ago, according to a transcript of the recorded conversation.
The undated phone recording appears to have been made before Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais' divorce from his wife, Susan, was finalized in 2001. In the conversation, DesJarlais tells the unidentified woman that he was concerned that she has delayed getting an abortion, and that he was willing to travel to Atlanta with her to get the procedure done.
The DesJarlais campaign did not dispute the contents of the transcript first reported by the Huffington Post, but condemned the circulation of "desperate personal attacks."
DesJarlais, a physician who opposes abortion rights, defeated Democratic Rep. Lincoln Davis in 2010. DesJarlais currently represents Giles and Lawrence Counties in Washington but will no longer represent local citiens win or lose in the November election due to re-drawn district lines.
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