This is a case that happened about 2 years ago. In April 2022, a 26-year-old woman in Texas was informed that she had been charged with murder. According to authorities, she had a “self-induced abortion” because of her conscience.

Forbidden, but not murder

Texas already had one of the strictest abortion laws in the United States, but no rule made terminating a pregnancy murder.

The case led to large protests. “What crime was this woman accused of?” said the director of an organization that advocates for women seeking abortions, for example.

The woman spent two nights in prison before the charges against her were dropped. However, at that time she was already known as a murder suspect. The prosecutor who started this, Joscha Ramirez, has now been fined for this.

Conditional suspension and fine

He was fined $1,250 (more than €1,150) in this case. He was also suspended conditionally for twelve months. If he doesn’t make the mistake again, he can continue working.

“I made a mistake in the case,” Ramirez responds. AP News Agency About the murder case he initiated against the woman in April 2022.

Details about how the woman obtained the abortion were not revealed.

A few months after this case, the US Supreme Court ended the right to abortion across the country. Since then, abortion has been banned in many US states.