Author of Texas abortion ban accused of paying for multiple abortions during alleged 17-year affair

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4. "the representative's behavior as paranoid to the point of absurdity", and "cookie batter" and "baby gravy"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/giovanni-capriglione-admits-affair-denies-paying-abortion-1235395395/

One has to read the link to find out what the "cookie batter" and "baby gravy" are.

Also, as for timeline, she said it started in 2004, so 17 years (according to the OP excerpt) brings it to 2021, and

In 2021, Republican Texas state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione introduced the Human Life Protection Act, a trigger ban that turned Texas into one of the strictest anti-abortion states in the nation after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade the following summer.

The legislation almost totally stripped women in Texas of their reproductive autonomy. Maternal mortality has since spiked, and routine pregnancy complications have become more dangerous.

“You’re just going to have to go with my word,” Grace told the Current Revolt when pressed for additional details.