A federal judge has ruled that a Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder over self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit. U.S.

A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton denied a motion by prosecutors and the sheriff to dismiss the lawsuit during a hearing in the border city of McAllen. Lizelle Gonzalez, who spent two nights in jail on the murder charges and is seeking $1 million in damages in the lawsuit, did not attend the hearing.

Texas has one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and outlaws the procedure with limited exceptions. Under Texas law, women seeking an abortion are exempt from criminal charges, however.

Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez and other defendants have argued their positions provide them immunity from civil lawsuits.

Rick Navarro, an attorney for the defense, argued that it was “at worst a negligence case” during the hearing. Ramirez has previously told The Associated Press that he “made a mistake” in bringing charges.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    I wouldn’t have cared would I, because I would never have found out about it. If you think this is some kind of gotcha then you’ve seriously missing the plot.

    Who would of thought that being against killing the unborn was radicial.

    You really can’t see outside of your own bubble can you? There are a lot of people who fundamentally disagree that it constitutes murder, they do not believe someone that has not yet been born, and frankly doesn’t even have a nervous system yet, is a human. You’re operating on the faulty assumption that your belief is universal and so people think murder is fine, but really your several steps back from being able to even begin to comprehend their argument.

    Trying to explain abortions to a fundamentalist is like trying to explain science to a fundamentalist, your whole world view is just so completely skewed that you can’t even comprehend what I’m saying.