The second woman to accuse Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of paying for her abortion said that she decided to reveal her face in a TV interview after the former college and pro football star called her a liar.

“I’ve kept this to myself for thirty years,” the woman, who still chose to be referred to as Jane Doe, said Tuesday during an on-camera interview with ABC News’ Good Morning America.

“I protected him. And I wanted this to remain private, for obvious reasons,” she continued.

Doe said that Walker “pressured” her into getting an abortion after she learned she was pregnant in 1993 because she and the child “would not be safe” if she gave birth.

“He was very clear that he did not want me to have the child. And he said that because of his wife's family and powerful people around him, that I would not be safe and that the child would not be safe,” she said. “I felt threatened and I thought I had no choice.”

After getting the abortion, “I told my parents I had a miscarriage because I couldn’t tell them the truth. And I told a few friends the same thing, because I couldn’t tell them the truth,” she added.

In a statement released shortly after the interview aired, Walker asserted that “this was a lie a week ago and it is a lie today.”

“Seven days before an election, the Democrats trot out [attorney] Gloria Allred and some woman I do not know. My opponents will do and say anything to win this election,” he wrote.

“The entire Democrat machine is coming after me and the people of Georgia. I am not intimidated. Once again, they messed with the wrong Georgian,” he continued.

Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-GA) campaign said that the interview “adds to a pattern of false claims and disturbing behavior and continues to raise the question: what else don't voters know about Herschel Walker and when will he answer questions for the people of Georgia?”

The latest New York Times/Siena College poll showed that Warnock leads Walker 49 percent to 46 percent—which puts Warnock just shy of the majority needed to win the election outright. Meanwhile, the final poll released by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that Walker owns a one-point edge on Warnock, 46 percent to 45 percent, with both men well below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff.

Ethen Kim Lieser is a Washington state-based Finance and Tech Editor who has held posts at Google, The Korea Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, AsianWeek, and Arirang TV. Follow or contact him on LinkedIn.

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