Story highlights Murphy has an anti-abortion recordA memo said to be from his chief of staff detailed erratic behavior from the congressmanWashington (CNN) Rep. Tim Murphy, a Pennsylvania Republican with a staunchly anti-abortion voting record, urged a woman he was having an affair with to get an abortion, according to messages obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Murphy admitted to the affair in September, and texts reported on by the Post-Gazette showed the woman accused Murphy of hypocrisy in January after an anti-abortion message was posted to his Facebook account. A message from Murphy's phone to her in response said, "I get what you say about my March for life messages. Staff does them. Asked about the report, a spokesperson for Murphy said, "The office has no comment or response to the story."

Source: CNN October 03, 2017 22:30 UTC