Murder charges dropped against Texas woman for ‘self-induced abortion’:
Lizelle Herrera has been released after being thrown in jail last week ...
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Texas prosecutor drops murder case against Lizelle HerreraThe 26-year-old was freed after arrest and detention in Starr County; the district attorney said the case was non-criminal.
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- Twenty-six-year-old Lizelle Herrera was released on April 10 after the district attorney immediately dismissed the case.
- Gocha Allen Ramirez said Texas law and the facts presented meant no criminal offense had occurred.
- Texas law exempts women from prosecution for self-managed abortions; SB 8 is civil, not criminal, and does not apply to them.
- A University of Texas study found that 1,400 women had to seek abortion care in other states between August and December 2021.
There is no law in Texas that authorizes treating people who have miscarriages, still births or abortions as murderers.— Lynn Paltrow, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, commenting on Texas law and the case.
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