District Attorney DROPS Charges Against Texas Woman for ‘Illegal Abortion’
Lizelle Herrera had been charged with murder for a “self-induced abortion” Friday.
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A Texas woman who was charged with murder on Friday for a self-induced abortion will have her charges dropped. “Yesterday afternoon, I reached out to counsel for Ms. Lizelle Herrera to advise him that my office will be filing a motion dismissing the indictment against Ms. Herrera,” Gocha Allen Ramirez, the district attorney for Starr, Jim Hogg, and Duval counties, said in a statement Sunday. “In reviewing applicable Texas law, it is clear that Ms. Herrera cannot and should not be prosecuted for the allegation against her.” Herrera was charged by the Starr County Sheriff’s Office on Friday for the “illegal” abortion, a procedure Texas has managed to ban after six weeks. “The issues surrounding this matter are clearly contentious, however based on Texas law and the facts presented, it is not a criminal matter,” Ramirez wrote Sunday.
BREAKING: The District Attorney who charged #LizelleHerrera with murder for a "self-induced abortion" is dropping the charges.
— Eleanor Klibanoff (@eklib) April 10, 2022
"The issues surrounding this matter are clearly contentious, however based on Texas law and the facts presented, it is not a criminal matter." pic.twitter.com/0ICPy8QHJP
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