A 26-year-old woman has been charged with murder in Texas after authorities said she caused 'the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,' in a state that has the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S.
RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS -- A 26-year-old woman has been charged with murder in Texas after authorities said she caused "the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," in a state that has the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S.
"Herrera was arrested and served with an indictment on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," Delgado said. " doesn't apply to the murder of an unborn child if the conduct charged is `conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child,"' Vladeck said.
Another Texas law prohibits doctors and clinics from prescribing abortion-inducing medications after the seventh week of pregnancy and prohibits delivery of the pills by mail.
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