How A Miscarriage In Texas Led To A Murder Charge
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🗓️ 11 April 2022
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Summary
Texas authorities arrested 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera, last week, on murder charges for what the local sheriff’s office described as a “self-induced abortion.” Her bond was set at $500,000 and her arrest sparked protests from abortion rights activists over the weekend. But on Sunday, local prosecutors dropped the charge against her.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, April 11th, I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Josie Defi-Race and this is What A Day. |
| 0:12.0 | We're we're supporting unionization efforts at Starbucks by asking Bri's does to write |
| 0:16.1 | our name on our cups as Cesar Chavez. |
| 0:18.5 | Yeah, we don't know whether this gesture is understood or appreciated but we're sticking |
| 0:22.8 | with it anyway. |
| 0:23.8 | Just making our impact one long day at a time. |
| 0:26.8 | On today's show, it'll be incumbent Emmanuel Macron against far right nationalist Marine |
| 0:36.1 | Le Pen in a runoff for Francis presidency. |
| 0:39.1 | Plus, Ben Affleck and JLo are engaged again. |
| 0:42.1 | But first, let's tell you about a story that rapidly developed this past weekend in |
| 0:45.6 | Star County, Texas, which is right on the southern border. |
| 0:49.3 | On Thursday, 26 year old LaZelle Herrera was arrested on murder charges after what the |
| 0:54.2 | local sheriff's office described as a self-induced abortion. |
| 0:58.7 | According to Reggae Gonzalez, the founder of La Fronterra Fund and abortion fund in the |
| 1:02.8 | area, Herrera quote, miscarried at a hospital and allegedly confided to hospital staff that |
| 1:08.4 | she had attempted to induce her own abortion and she was reported to the authorities by hospital |
| 1:13.6 | administration or staff. |
| 1:15.7 | Herrera's bond was set at $500,000. |
| 1:18.4 | This weekend, La Fronterra fund protested outside of the Star County jail. |
| 1:22.4 | Well, Josie, this was obviously horrifying, especially in a moment where abortion rights |
| 1:27.0 | would likely be all but destroyed in the coming months by the Supreme Court. |
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