'As if Texas women needed another reason to fear that our state is descending into a Wild West rendition of the dystopian 'The Handmaid’s Tale,' the prosecutors down in Starr County were quick to oblige,' writes the Editorial Board.
Protest organizers Olivia Quintero, left, and Khloe Liscano, right, speak during a protest of the recently passed Senate Bill 8 restricting abortion, held at Hermann Square on the steps of City Hall Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 in Houston, TX.As if Texas women needed another reason to fear that our state is descending into a Wild West rendition of the dystopian “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the prosecutors down in Starr County were quick to oblige.
Of course, the absence of a crime apparently hadn’t stopped hospital staff from reporting Herrera to law enforcement back in January for what was described by the indictment as a “self-induced abortion.” Nor did it stop the DA from bringing the case before a grand jury, nor the resulting indictment, arrest and inexplicable $500,000 bond for a murder charge the DA now concedes does not apply in Herrera’s case.
The very uncertainty surrounding the case reflects the hostile climate of criminalization around abortion in this state and likewise suggests which Texans will be most vulnerable to prosecution and“Low income people of color cannot walk into a hospital safely and know that they will be able to be honest with their medical providers and give them information that might save their life because they might go to jail for it,” Rockie Gonzalez, the founder and board chair of La Frontera Fund, told...
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