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Former ‘side chick’ accuses anti-abortion crusading congressman, Tim Murphy of encouraging her to abort ‘their baby’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6> <span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Shannon Edwards&comma; claims Congressman Tim Murphy asked her to have an abortion&comma; In January 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Rep Tim Murphy &lbrack;R-PA&rsqb;&comma; applauded the H&period;R&period; 7 bill which states no federal funds will be used to pay for abortions&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I proudly sponsored and voted for this important bill&&num;8217&semi; he posted online<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Prompting Edwards to ask &&num;8216&semi;You had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Pro-life advocate Tim Murphy&comma; 64&comma; has admitted to the affair with his 32-year-old mistress<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Dr Shannon Edwards lampoons the hypocrisy of her married&comma; conservative politician lover flying a pro-life banner while advising her to &&num;8216&semi;get an abortion&&num;8217&semi; when he thought she was pregnant <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Edwards is in the middle of a contentious divorce <&sol;strong>with her physician husband&comma; Jesse Sally <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;">Sally&&num;8217&semi;s defense team have deposed his wife&&num;8217&semi;s lover to testify in the divorce case<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ext-gen142">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-266615" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;tim-murphy-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tim Murphy 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"798" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Hyper-hypocrisy is how Rep Tim Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s embattled mistress Dr Shannon Edwards describes his Pro-Life social media posturing<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Anti-abortion congressman Tim Murphy reportedly asked his mistress who was half his age to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Tuesday it obtained text messages between Republican U&period;S&period; Rep Murphy&comma; 64&comma; of Pennsylvania and Shannon Edwards&comma; 32&comma; a forensic psychologist&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It berated him for a pro-life post shared to his Facebook account&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The text message from January 25 from Edwards said the congressman had &&num;8216&semi;zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the paper&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Murphy who is still married to his wife Nanette Missig&comma; admitted to having a liaison with 32-year-old Shannon Edwards which began in February 2016&period; Edwards is married to physician&comma; Jesse Sally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-266694" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;shannon-edwards-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Shannon Edwards 4" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"650" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Dr&period; Shannon Edwards &lbrack;Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s mistress&rpar;&comma; maintains that she did not begin to have an intimate relationship with conservative congressman until her marriage had fallen apart&colon; <&sol;strong><strong>&&num;8216&semi;We had a collegial and friend relationship before anything else&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Edwards testified in divorce court&period; She  didn&&num;8217&semi;t take kindly to the suggestion from Murphy to get an abortion<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-266653" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;tim-murphy-and-his-wife-nanette-missig-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Tim Murphy and his wife Nanette Missig 1&period;png" width&equals;"904" height&equals;"622" &sol;><strong>U&period;S&period; Rep&period; Tim Murphy &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who is still married to wife Nanette Missig &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; has been accused by his mistress Shannon Edwards of asking her to abort their unborn child&comma; despite being an advocate of the pro-life movement<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Tim Murphy consequently&comma; the Republican Congressman Tim Murphy though not party in domestic dispute was sought to give a deposition in the divorce proceedings concerning Shannon Edwards&comma; with whom he later admitted to having an affair and her husband Jesse Sally&comma; a sports medicine physician&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The lawyer representing Dr&period; Sally&comma; Dorothy Wolbert&comma; said the deposition was relevant because Shannon Edwards is seeking alimony from her soon to ex-husband&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ext-gen142">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-266711" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;shannon-edwards-rightc2a0-after-he-was-deposed-in-the-ongoing-divorce-between-edwards-and-her-physician-husband-dr-jesse-sally-left&period;png" alt&equals;"Shannon Edwards &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma;  after he was deposed in the ongoing divorce between Edwards and her physician husband Dr Jesse Sally &lbrack;left&rsqb;&period;png" width&equals;"944" height&equals;"682" &sol;>Murphy admitted to having an affair with &&num;8216&semi;friend&&num;8217&semi; Shannon Edwards &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma;  after he was deposed in the ongoing divorce between Edwards and her physician husband Dr Jesse Sally &lbrack;left&rsqb;&period; Edwards has come out bristling that pro-life advocate Murphy asked her to get an abortion&comma; in Jan 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-266586" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;tim-murphy-ant-abortion-tweets2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tim Murphy ant-abortion tweets2" width&equals;"633" height&equals;"713" &sol;><strong>Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s pro-life Facebook post pushed Shannon Edwards to call him out<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Murphy publicly posted on Facebook about how he supports the bill to protect human life<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A text message from Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s number in response said the staff was responsible for his anti-abortion messages&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve never written them&period; Staff does them&period; I read them and winced&period; I told staff don&&num;8217&semi;t write any more&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Edwards&comma; it turned out&comma; wasn&&num;8217&semi;t pregnant&period; Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s spokeswoman had no comment on the report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Murphy is married to wife Nanette and has an adult daughter&comma; Bevin&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The revelation came as the House on Tuesday approved Republican legislation that would make it a crime to perform an abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Murphy&comma; a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus&comma; is among its co-sponsors&period; He avoided the media in Washington after voting for the legislation&comma; and efforts by reporters to talk to him were unsuccessful&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;NARAL Pro-Choice America quickly criticized &&num;8216&semi;the height of hypocrisy&&num;8217&semi; displayed by Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s support for the legislation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;You shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have to be a member of Congress just to access your right to abortion&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Sasha Bruce&comma; a vice president for the pro-abortion rights group&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the past the US congressman has been applauded by the Family Research Council for his views on abortion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The H&period;R&period; 7 bill was passed by congress in January&comma; which states the use of federal funds to pay for abortions will be permanently prohibited&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The law also states that federal medical facilities and health professionals aren&&num;8217&semi;t allowed to provide abortion services&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I proudly sponsored and voted for this important bill to clearly stand for the dignity and value of all human life&comma; both the born and the unborn&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Murphy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Passage of H&period;R&period; 7 in the wake of the President&&num;8217&semi;s executive action gives me great hope we will once again be a nation committed to honoring life and ensuring American taxpayer dollars are never spent to end a life before it even begins&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-266680" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;tim-murphy-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tim Murphy 4" width&equals;"2000" height&equals;"1333" &sol;><strong>Back on January 25&comma; a message from Murphy&&num;8217&semi;s mistress&comma; Dr&period; Edwards&comma; asked how the congressman had &&num;8216&semi;zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A message from January 25 from Shannon Edwards &lpar;his mistress&rpar; said the congressman had &&num;8216&semi;zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Murphy recently acknowledged his affair with Edwards&comma; which became public as a result of her divorce proceedings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a press statement he said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Last year I became involved in an affair with a personal friend&period; This is nobody&&num;8217&semi;s fault but my own&comma; and I offer no excuses&period; To the extent that there should be any blame in this matter&comma; it falls solely upon me&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I ask the media to respect the privacy of my family&period; They have done nothing wrong and deserve to be left alone&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the statement added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Pennsylvania politician has served eight-terms in congress&comma; is married and has an adult daughter&period; Edwards&comma; 32&comma; is a practicing psychologist and performs evaluations of defendants for the Allegheny County court system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-266681" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;shannon-edwards-and-tim-murphy-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Shannon Edwards and Tim Murphy 2" width&equals;"749" height&equals;"999" &sol;>Murphy and Edwards seen in a collage of photographs when both volunteered to contribute to a mental health bill that was signed into law in December<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Murphy and Edwards when she volunteered to contribute to a mental health bill that was signed into law in December&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Edwards maintains that she did not begin to have an intimate relationship with Murphy until her marriage had fallen apart&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We had a collegial and friend relationship before anything else&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Edwards told the court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dr&period; Sally&comma; Dorothy Wolbert&comma; who married Edwards on July 28&comma; 2012&comma; however&comma; claims that his marriage was destroyed by the affair&comma; and filings showed that he knew Edwards was having an affair with &&num;8216&semi;a well-known political figure in the community&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sally said he believed the affair began in February 2016&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Murphy said that his relationship with Edwards ended last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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