Tag: Abortion

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McALLEN — Come Monday, it will be 45 years since McAllen resident Rosaura “Rosie” Jimenez died because she was denied a legal abortion.

MISSION — After the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, one nonprofit group decided to push up their opening date, believing their services would be needed more than ever. But their services won’t focus on reproductive health or abortion resources. Instead it will try to convince women to not seek an abortion elsewhere and navigate their unplanned pregnancy.

Abortion services in McAllen will resume after a Harris County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban.

McALLEN — As the sun began to set on a tumultuous week, roughly 200 people gathered in front of city hall here to protest the latest blow to abortion rights.

Questions remain after the Starr County District Attorney’s Office backpedaled Monday on an indictment they sought against a woman who they said had a “self-induced abortion,” but legal experts wonder what law gave prosecutors confidence in their initial charge.

A motion was filed Monday morning to dismiss the murder indictment against a Starr County woman who had a “self-induced abortion,” according to the district clerk’s office.