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2022-04-17: News Headlines

JANET (2022-04-16). Lizelle Herrera & Texas repression — Arrest exposes anti-abortion laws. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead April 12, 2022 There was joy and a sigh of relief when Ketanji Brown Jackson was finally confirmed as the first Black woman justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, based on a 53-47 Senate vote April 7. Then another legal development of a totally different kind occurred in Starr County, Texas, the same day. A 26-year-old Latinx woman, Lizelle Herrera, was arrested in Rio Grande City, near the Texas-Mexico border, and charged with murder for allegedly terminating her pregnancy. Her bail was an outrageous $500,000. April 9 mugshot of Lizelle Herrara The county sheriff, Carlos Delgado, stated He…

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