At this very moment, the House of Representatives includes Scott DesJarlais, a physician and a staunch opponent of abortion rights, who was given a new term after voters learned he had dated his patients while still married to his first wife and pressured one of them to get — yes! — an abortion.
This is just another example of someone who is against abortion rights, unless it affects him personally. He doesn’t think the procedure should be available to anyone else, but he was more than happy to take advantage of it when it meant keeping his sexual misconduct with patients under the radar.
It’s also an example of voters not caring if potential elected officials embody the values they pretend to promote. It happened with Donald Trump. It (very nearly) happened with Roy Moore. It’s bound to happen again.
It’s possible, however, that not everyone has heard the story of DesJarlais and his misdeeds. It is severely underreported, even considering the current culture in which sexual misconduct with subordinates is often under a microscope. […]
Voters in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District have plenty of reasons not to vote for incumbent (Republican) Scott DesJarlais.
Two abortions. Maybe three, if you count the one he pressured a girlfriend—who happened to be his patient—to get. Pulling out a gun during an argument with his first wife. Prescribing pills to another patient while they dated. Getting reprimanded by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for dallying with patients, an ethics violation.
Your life is a work of art. A work of art. And work is a progress. Work is pain. Work is sacrifice and hardships. Work is moving forward only to collapse back again. The creation of this art is not meerly the end result, but every tear shedding, back breaking, mind numbing step along the way. Your life is absolute art, but this art by all means is not an easy task. This art is your life. And you are the creator.
