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GOP Rep. Tim Murphy won’t seek reelection after reports he asked woman to get abortion

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October 4, 2017 at 9:19 p.m. EDT
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on oversight and investigations, at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. On Wednesday, Murphy said he would retire at the end of his current term. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, an opponent of abortion, will not be seeking reelection at the end of his current term, ending speculation about his future a day after a news report claimed the married Republican had asked a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair to get an abortion.

“After discussions with my family and staff, I have come to the decision that I will not seek reelection to Congress at the end of my current term,” Murphy, 65, said in a statement.