Pointed at this by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire.
This one may have happened in Texas, but you just know that Cathi Herrod and her water carriers in the legislature (and Doug Ducey) are gleefully scheming about bringing it to Arizona.
Pretty sure some drool may be involved.
From the McAllen Monitor -
Woman arrested in Starr County on murder for ‘illegal abortion’
A woman was arrested Thursday and charged with murder for having a self-induced “illegal abortion.”
According to the Starr County Sheriff’s Office, Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested and served with an indictment “on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.”
[Updated on 4/10 to add]
Well, *that* didn't take long.
From The Daily Beast -
District Attorney DROPS Charges Against Texas Woman for ‘Illegal Abortion’
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.
Guessing that Herrod et. al. are still drooling.
[end update]
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