Montgomery, AL – The crowd attending the annual ``Pro-Life Legislative Day'' in Montgomery on Thursday got a surprise when Republican Rep. Ed Henry of Hartselle talked publicly for the first time about going with his pregnant girlfriend to have an abortion.
The freshman legislator from Hartselle said it happened in 1991. He told the crowd, ``I murdered my first child.''
He said the impact of it hit him nearly eight years later when his wife was pregnant with their daughter and they went for an ultrasound. He said he will live with regret for the rest of his life.
Henry is sponsoring legislation that says elective abortions can't be part of any health insurance plan offered through an insurance exchange in Alabama. His bill is pending in the House.
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