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CONGRESSMAN
HIT WITH
COMPLAINT
OVER SEX WITH
PATIENT
POINTERS
HUFFINGTON
10.21.12
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) is facing an ethics complaint
after The Huffington Post revealed that the congressman,
who is also a doctor, had an affair with one of his patients.
The complaint calls for an investigation and sanctions,
arguing DesJarlais violated a state ethics law barring
doctor-patient sexual relations. HuffPost printed parts of
a transcript of a September 2000 phone call in which the
anti-abortion congressman pushes the woman to terminate
her pregnancy: “You told me you’d have an abortion, and now
we’re getting too far along without one,” DesJarlais said.