Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion

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Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who was charged with murder over self-managing an abortion and spent two nights in jail has sued prosecutors along the U.S.-Mexico border who put the criminal case in motion before it was later dropped.

The lawsuit filed by Lizelle Gonzalez in federal court Thursday comes a month after the State Bar of Texas fined and disciplined the district attorney in rural Starr County over the case in 2022, when Gonzalez was charged with murder in “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.”

Under the abortion restrictions in Texas and other states, women who seek abortion are exempt from criminal charges.

The lawsuit argues Gonzalez suffered harm from the arrest and subsequent media coverage. She is seeking $1 million in damages.

“The fallout from Defendants’ illegal and unconstitutional actions has forever changed the Plaintiff’s life,” the lawsuit stated.

Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez said Friday that he had not yet been served the lawsuit and declined comment. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera, the county's top elected official, also declined comment.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. good

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This will be fun to watch

[babylonsister]

3. I hope she gets more. And

is a self-managed abortion taking a pill, I hope? She sure doesn't deserve the grief and jail time she got.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Unfortunately it'll be the taxpayers who'll pay

When it should be the dumbass prosecutors.

[Alice Kramden]

5. Taking her power back - excellent

Suing them is righteous

[EarnestPutz]

6. "Righteous" - There's a word that we should be using more often. Well done.

[chouchou]

7. The more money she gets, the better I'll feel.

I wish the monies were coming from the taxpayers.
I'd tell them to quit voting for right-wing-nut-jobs and maybe you won't have tp pay for their idiotic actions.

[DemocraticPatriot]

8. "Gocha"! That's what I say right after I drill a target

shaped like an elephant at the gun range!


I hope he is 'served well'!

[Duppers]

9. 19 weeks

"According to the lawsuit, Gonzalez was 19 weeks pregnant when she used misoprostol, one of two drugs used in medication abortions."

This is at the very limit of acceptability, imo. If you disagree, please Google and view a 19wk fetus.
(Btw, I truly do support abortion.)