Following a March 30 indictment, Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday by the office of Starr County Sheriff, according to Valley Central.com, citing a spokeswoman who said she “deliberately and knowingly caused her death.” of a person by itself. -caused abortion “. Starr Gocha County Attorney Allen Ramirez said Sunday that his office would file a motion to dismiss the charges against her Monday. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register “During the review of current Texas legislation, it is clear that Ms. Herrera can not and should not be prosecuted for the allegations against her,” Ramirez said in a statement. Neither the prosecutor nor the sheriff’s office answered questions about when he would be released. County Starr is located on the border with Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley area of the southern tip of Texas. Ramirez said the sheriff’s deputies were right to arrest her as “ignoring the incident would be a breach of duty.” But he also said that district attorneys have the discretion of the prosecutor and that his oath is “to administer justice.” “After this oath, the only correct result in this matter is to immediately reject the indictment against Ms. Herrera,” the prosecutor said. The case also rekindled controversy over Texas’ strict abortion law, which was largely upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in December. Known as the Senate Bill 8, the law prohibits abortion after six weeks of pregnancy before many women find out they are pregnant, and does not exclude women who have been raped. The Starr County attorney did not comment on the specific legal model he applied and instead pointed out how the indictment has “hurt” Herrera and her family. “The issues surrounding this are clearly controversial, but under Texas law and the facts presented, it is not a criminal matter,” Ramirez said. A small group of protesters gathered outside the sheriff’s office on Saturday, led by the La Frontera Fund, an abortion relief group. “She was discharged to a hospital and allegedly confessed to hospital staff that she had tried to cause her own miscarriage and was referred to authorities by the hospital administration or staff,” Ricky Gonzalez, the team’s founder, said on Saturday. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Daniel Trotta. Edited by: Daniel Wallis Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
