The case has confused activists on both sides of the abortion debate. because, although Texas has taken steps to restrict access to abortion, it was not clear which legal law Herrera allegedly violated. Texas law also explicitly excludes a woman from the charge of criminal homicide for terminating her pregnancy. In a statement to the Associated Press last week, the Starr County Sheriff’s Office simply stated that Herrera had been charged with “intentionally and knowingly causing the death of a person from self-induced abortion.” On Sunday, the prosecutor’s office said this “was not a criminal matter”. “When reviewing current Texas legislation, it is clear that Ms Herrera cannot and should not be prosecuted for the allegations against her,” wrote Gocha Prosecutor Allen Ramirez. The case was brought to the sheriff’s office by a hospital, according to Ramirez. Calixtro Villarreal, Herrera’s lawyer, declined to comment when contacted by telephone on Sunday. Texas enacted a law in September banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, using a new legal strategy that empowers individuals to enforce the law through civil litigation. However, this law does not seem to have been valid in this case. Herrera faced a criminal charge, not a lawsuit. In addition, this law does not allow lawsuits to be brought against the abortionist, except for those who helped to facilitate it. A Texas woman is charged with murder after an abortion “If [prosecutors] “They are literally accused of murder under Texas law. It is possible that they either forgot the exception for murder or have some other theory as to why this might be true.” A professor at the University of Texas Law School who specializes in federal courts and has closely followed the abortion ban in Texas, he said Saturday. Abortion rights organizations mobilized quickly to support Herrera. The Frontera Fund, a group that raises money for Texas patients for access to abortions, held a rally outside Starr County jail Saturday morning and raised awareness on social media. “This arrest is inhumane,” Rockie Gonzalez, founder of the Frontera Fund, said in a statement on Saturday. “We are in solidarity with you, Liesel, if you are reading this, and we will not give up until you are released.” Herrera was arrested as Republican-led states across the country pass a series of anti-abortion laws ahead of a Supreme Court ruling this summer that could significantly overturn or weaken Roe vs. Wadethe case that protects the constitutional right to abortion for almost 50 years. Her case could be an early sign of what is about to happen Roe overturned, Vladeck said. When prosecutors charged Herrera, he may have been thinking of aRoe The abortion ban that still exists in Texas, Vladeck added, but has not been in effect since 1973 because it is unconstitutional. Roe. Nine states still haveRoe bans, which could come back to life depending on what the Supreme Court decides in June. “We could see more of that,” Vladeck said.
