The first woman arrested in Texas for determining what her own body should be doing now faces felony charges and prison under the state's new Gilead laws, and she will not be the last.
Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff’s Office and charged with murder.
According to a sheriff’s 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 Sheriff’s Office at this time on a $500 thousand bond.
There aren't more details as of yet, but it could be that Herrera had a medical abortion, and that somebody who knew about it informed the police in order to collect the state's bounty money. If that's actually what happened, it's as vile as it comes.
I would expect Gov. Greg Abbott to gleefully demand that she be made an example of.
My biggest fear of course is that by the end of the summer there's going to be hundreds, if not thousands joining her.
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