A Texas woman who was charged with murder after an alleged self-managed abortion in 2022 has sued the Starr County District Attorney’s Office, claiming the fallout from the case has forever changed her life.

Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Lizelle Gonzalez (then known as Lizelle Herrera) was arrested and booked into the Starr County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond after health officials reported her to authorities for attempting to terminate her pregnancy. At the time, Texas had already effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy under SB8, which allows any private citizen to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion seeker. But the law excludes patients from being sued, and the state’s penal code also explicitly exempts people who terminate their pregnancies from prosecution.

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April Fools’ stinks. Pranks are mean. Corporate brands sending out fake press releases is lame. That said, we wish this was an April Fools’ joke. Also, this take from Shakira. And we wouldn’t be sorry if the coming “cicada-geddon” (terrible name) were just an elaborate hoax. Alas. In other news, consider limitarianism. Federal health officials today ordered hospitals to get patients’ consent before they undergo breast, pelvic, and other sensitive examinations. Multigenerational housing is making a comeback in the U.S. And read Leslie Jamison on gaslighting in The New Yorker.

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