On Thursday, Texas police charged Lizelle Herrera, 26, with murder for allegedly self-inducing an abortion using pills. “This arrest is inhumane,” said LaFronteraFund founder Rockie Gonzalez. From CarrieNBaker:
Senate Bill 4 on December 1, 2021, making it a crime for doctors to prescribe abortion pills to patients who are more than seven weeks pregnant or who mail abortion pills to a patient at any time of pregnancy. Violating the law is a felony punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine of $10,000. But the law applies only to doctors and explicitly exempts pregnant women from criminal penalties.
Despite these explicit exemptions, the Starr County Sheriff’s Office arrested and jailed Herrera “on the charge of murder after [she] did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.” “You have these totally unjust legislators who are denying people access to basic medical care. People are finding other ways to access that care because they need it. And then they’re criminalizing the person for accessing that care. This is The Handmaid’s Tale,” said Elisa Wells, co-director of, which provides up-to-date information on how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pills online.
“Nobody should be criminalized for managing their own healthcare or their pregnancy outcomes, especially when you’re in a situation in which the laws are unjust,” said Wells.
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