Republican Party stands by Herschel Walker as he denies he paid for an abortion

A report published late Monday alleges that GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights, paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009. He called the accusation a "flat-out lie." (Bill Barrow/AP)

The national Republican Party apparatus is standing behind its U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker, following a report in the Daily Beast that alleges he paid for a girlfriend's abortion in 2009.

Walker, a vocal abortion opponent, called the report a "flat-out" lie in a statement posted on Twitter.