Amid affair revelations, Tim Murphy votes for anti-abortion bill

Rep. Tim Murphy on Tuesday voted for a bill he co-sponsored that makes abortion illegal after 20 weeks into a pregnancy, soon after news broke that he told a woman he was having an affair with that she should consider having an abortion.

Murphy, a Pennsylvania Republican, recently admitted to having an affair with Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist who lives in Pittsburgh and who later learned she was not pregnant. He has publicly opposed abortion and has been commended for his stances by conservative organizations such as the Family Research Council.