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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-woman-charged-with-murder-for-self-induced-abortion/ar-AAW1w20
Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriffs Office and charged with murder. Starr County is located near the U.S.-Mexico border and the southern tip of Texas.
According to a sheriffs office spokesperson, Herrera was arrested after it was learned she intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.
Herrera remains in the custody of the Starr County Sheriffs Office at this time on a $500 thousand bond.
This case remained under investigation Friday.
The charges come as several other states try to follow the lead of Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott passed the so-called heartbeat law, legislation banning abortions after six weeks. The law went into effect in September, 2021.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)It is great seeing boots on the ground in Starr County. A protest was organized very quickly and this protest needs to grow
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https://delapabb.medium.com/my-interview-with-la-frontera-funds-rockie-gonzalez-on-lizelle-herrera-s-arrest-in-starr-county-b7a747068d14
She is on a call with me tonight as this story develops.
Rockie, what was Frontera Funds initial reaction to hearing about this case.
Well, our first response was to get on the phone together and begin to strategize. This is, as far as we know, one of the first sort of post-SB8 arrests. And we know that its a developing story so we dont have a lot of the details. Theyre kind of coming in as were monitoring the situation. But currently, were assembling all of our legal teams and our allies and other advocates across the states and nationally for support. And so were looking at, you know, trying to get in touch with the family and make sure that she has, you know, supportive legal representation, and we are hosting an action outside the Starr County Jail tomorrow to demand her immediate release.....
Frontera Fund has quickly put together a political action in response to this. Youll be at the Starr County Jail tomorrow morning protesting Herrers arrest. What do you hope to communicate to people tomorrow? What message do you want them to take away?
We would like for people to know that it is unjust for medical staff to betray this kind of confidence and that the legislation that Governor Abbott has put forth and tried to push in this state is making it so that innocent people are being harmed. And we want people to know that this type of legislation impacts low income people of color communities the most when state legislators put restrictions on our reproductive rights. Its not well-to-do people with health insurance that are most impacted. Its poor people and low in communities, generally from people of color communities who suffer the impacts of these kinds of legislations.
dalton99a
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(145,242 posts)The Chroncile have some additional facts. I do not understand how this lady broke the law
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Delgado did not say under what law Herrera has been charged. He said no other information will be released until at least Monday because the case remains under investigation.
Texas law exempts her from a criminal homicide charge for aborting her own pregnancy, University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck told The Associated Press.
(Homicide) doesnt apply to the murder of an unborn child if the conduct charged is conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child, Vladeck said......
A 2021 state law that bans abortions in Texas for women who are as early as six weeks pregnant has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the state. The law leaves enforcement to private citizens who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
The woman receiving the abortion is exempted from the law.
There is no Texas statute that allows for this lady to be charged This case will be dismissed before it gets to trial or this case will not survive a motion to dismiss
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)The Chroncile have some additional facts. I do not understand how this lady broke the law
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Delgado did not say under what law Herrera has been charged. He said no other information will be released until at least Monday because the case remains under investigation.
Texas law exempts her from a criminal homicide charge for aborting her own pregnancy, University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck told The Associated Press.
(Homicide) doesnt apply to the murder of an unborn child if the conduct charged is conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child, Vladeck said......
A 2021 state law that bans abortions in Texas for women who are as early as six weeks pregnant has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the state. The law leaves enforcement to private citizens who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
The woman receiving the abortion is exempted from the law.
There is no Texas statute that allows for this lady to be charged This case will be dismissed before it gets to trial or this case will not survive a motion to dismiss
EndlessWire
(6,531 posts)some state said that you couldn't even deal with an ectopic pregnancy, a serious health risk to the mother, with no chance of survival for the baby.
There are just no words scolding enough for this situation. Unfortunately, I don't think that HIPAA law provides for the type of punitive damages that this young woman will surely need and deserve.
Someone mentioned having to choose between the Texas law and the Federal HIPAA law. I think this hospital staff has made a poor choice, and certainly should be sued for defamation. They should receive the maximum amount of negative publicity they can have heaped on them for doing this to this woman. They broke HIPAA law, period. That is a sacred duty between physician and patient.
And, if truly there is no basis whatsoever for the cops to have arrested her for murder, then they should also be sued for false arrest. Someone better wise up over this. It's disgusting behavior.