Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion
Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion
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Texas man gets jail time for drugging wife's drinks to induce an abortion
A Texas man who drugged his wife's drinks in an attempt to induce an abortion was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation.
Mason Herring, a 39-year-old Houston attorney, pleaded guilty Wednesday to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person. He had initially been charged with felony assault to induce abortion.
Catherine Herring, who has filed for divorce, told the court the jail sentence was not long enough. She said their 1-year-old daughter, their third child, was born about 10 weeks premature, has developmental delays and attends therapy eight times a week.
I came here to comment that this was the first sane abortion-related ruling to come out of Texas in a long time, but after reading the article...
Texas law dictates a civil fine of at least $100,000 and a felony with the potential for life in prison for anyone providing or attempting an abortion. Wild that they're not using that law here. I guess if you're going to get or perform an abortion in Texas, you should get someone to use this method rather than a medically accepted one, because the penalty seems to be far less severe.
A white lawyer commits a felony 7 times and gets off with 6 months in jail and a fine.
Texas just being Texas I guess.
To be fair, this is not “injury to a child.” Injury to the mother without a doubt, but a fetus is not a child.
I can see how it would be justified to increase penalties for assault / etc. against pregnant people, but a fetus is not a child.
Edit: I don’t care about the downvotes. This is an awful situation and the penalty he received seems way too low but consistency is important. A fetus is not a child. If you disagree, you don’t get to participate in the conversation.
Because this occurred before that law was passed. You can't prosecute someone for something that wasn't illegal at the time they did it. They did prosecute him for actions that were illegal at the time. Whether the jail time was sufficient is a different argument, but the law dictating $100,000 and life in prison is a new law.
Oh, wow, good call - it was a couple months before. I completely glazed over that.
This was the Husband, he knows what is best for the sandwich maker. Texas agrees that men know best, unless they are doctors or use science in any way.
As long as she was born, that's as far as Ken Paxton gives a shit.