Republicans claim to be against abortions and are now eager in the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal to institute the most draconian bans they can get away with. But there is one exception to an abortion ban that Republicans seem pretty comfortable with: not rape, not incest, not life of the mother … no, Republicans are OK with abortions when their girlfriends/mistresses need them.

The most recent example is Herschel Walker, running for Senate in Georgia, who allegedly gave his girlfriend $700 and a “get-well card” to abort his child (he apparently told her to abort a second pregnancy, but she chose not to). Republicans are still embracing Walker’s candidacy, and hypocrisy by Republicans is hardly the exception. Let’s not forget Western Pennsylvania’s own Tim Murphy (Republican representative to Congress), a leading anti-abortionist, who in 2017 urged his mistress to abort his child.

Scott Lloyd, Republican head of the Office of Refuge Resettlement under President Trump, is vocally, fervently anti-abortion, yet paid for half (only half) of his ex-girlfriend’s abortion. Elliot Broidy, a Republican National Committee finance chair and Trump supporter, gave his Playboy Playmate mistress money to have an abortion. Clearly, these Republicans believe in reproductive freedom … but only for themselves.

Sarah Gaffen

Mt. Lebanon

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