A woman who has said Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, paid for her abortion in 2009 told The New York Times that he urged her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later. They ended their relationship after she refused.
In a series of interviews, the woman said Walker had barely been involved in their now 10-year-old son’s life, offering little more than court-ordered child support and occasional gifts.
The woman disclosed the new details about her relationship with Walker, who has anchored his campaign on an appeal to social conservatives as an unwavering opponent of abortion even in cases of rape and incest, after the former football star publicly denied that he knew her. He called her “some alleged woman” in a radio interview Thursday.
The Times is withholding the name of the woman, who insisted on anonymity to protect her son.
In the interviews, she described the frustration of watching Republicans rally around Walker, dismiss her account, and bathe him in prayer and praise.
She said she wanted Georgia voters to know what kind of man Walker was to her.
“As a father, he’s done nothing. He does exactly what the courts say, and that’s it,” she said. “He has to be held responsible, just like the rest of us. And if you’re going to run for office, you need to own your life.”
The interviews and documents provided to the Times together corroborate and expand upon an account about her abortion first published Monday in The Daily Beast. The Times also independently confirmed details.
The woman reaffirmed the key details of her account: She and Walker conceived a child in 2009 and decided not to continue the pregnancy. Walker was not married at the time. She provided to the Times a $575 receipt she was given after paying for the procedure at an Atlanta women’s clinic, and a deposit slip showing a copy of a $700 check that she said Walker gave her as reimbursement. She also shared a “get well” card with a handwritten message – “Pray you are feeling better” – and signed simply, “H.”
Walker has repeatedly denied her account, calling it a “flat-out” lie and the work of Democrats and the hostile news media. He has disputed he signed the card. He told Fox News on Monday that he sends money “to a lot of people.”