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Trial Balloon · Ep. 190: Trump Is Everywhere

Lawmaker Votes to Ban Abortion Despite Personal History

May 17, 2015 · 3:25 pm ET · 34 Comments

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), “who supported his ex-wife’s decision to get two abortions was among those who voted in favor of a ban on most late-term abortions,” the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

“DesJarlais’ support of his ex-wife’s abortions, which occurred before their 1995 marriage, was revealed after his 2012 re-election to Congress in a divorce trial transcript. The transcript also showed the physician had engaged in multiple affairs with patients, and pressured one of them to get an abortion after she told him she was pregnant. The outcome of that pregnancy is unknown.”

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