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in frustration. Half a million dollars for bail is for heinous crimes, not a woman's right!
From Salon.com
A26-year-old woman named Lizelle Herrera was arrested on Thursday and faces a murder charge in relation to her own self-induced abortion.
Herrera is currently being held on a $500 thousand bond in the custody of the Starr County Sheriff's Office, according to local station KVEO-TV.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's office gave a statement to news outlets saying that Herrera's arrest came about when their office learned she had "intentionally and knowingly cause(d) the death of an individual by self-induced abortion."
Related: The bizarre politics of radical anti-abortion activists
"This arrest is inhumane. We are demanding the immediate release of Lizelle Herrera.' said Rockie Gonzalez, founder and board chair of Frontera Fund in a quote used by Texas Public Radio. "What is alleged is that she was in the hospital and had a miscarriage and divulged some information to hospital staff, who then reported her to the police."
Bettie
(16,110 posts)share her medical information with police.
Noted. Apparently, medical ethics are not a thing in Texas.
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)The hospital should be reported for giving out her information.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)if you are a woman.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)some of rhe details.
The hospital people who ratted her out should be the ones facing jail time.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)..as a maternal child health care social worker i worked with many migrants and learned of a lot of folk medicine remedies..including termination of a pregnancy.
MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)I'm almost certain that would be the driving force to rat out a patient!
That's why I don't tell medical professionals my whole history. It's none of their business.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)"AN INDIVIDUAL". Can they be any more HORRIBLE?
North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)The folks who voted for these cruel politicians passing these medieval laws really need to wake the fuck up! These laws will affect some woman/girl in their family.
This poor woman needs help, maybe someone offering her a hand to get out of this state for starters.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)partners in Tex-ass (with apologies to all good Texans).
My outrage meter is off the chart today.
Baitball Blogger
(46,720 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)National media. It will put this terrible law front and center in the debate.
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)Putin-like reprisals, people calling others out for political reasons.
Women are the enemy in this narrative, people who need to be controlled and/or punished.
wnylib
(21,479 posts)and get her released.
I am sure she would get the donations necessary. They would come in from across the country.
Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)Laha
(407 posts)Margaret Atwood warned us all. It's a tragedy that her books are probably already on the piles that have been burnt in these backwards states.
Joinfortmill
(14,427 posts)Praying a decent lawyer steps forward to help her.
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)That fucking hospital quite possibly has no way of knowing what the patient actually did or did not do. Many times patients assume things that are irrelevant or just wrong.
Link to tweet
snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)Will be following this story on Twitter. Glad that poor woman is getting help.