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Discipline for DA who charged woman with crime for abortion

Left: Lizelle Herrera appears in a booking photo (via KRGV). Right: Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez (via Starr County, Tex.)

Left: Lizelle Herrera appears in a booking photo (via KRGV). Right: Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez (via Starr County, Tex.)

The Texas district attorney who filed murder charges against a woman who had a self-managed abortion — and then dropped the charges days later — has had his law license placed on a “probated suspension” as a result of his “professional misconduct” and will have to pay costs for his disciplinary investigation.

The office of Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez had initiated murder charges against Lizelle Herrera, who had a self-managed abortion, in April 2022. He dropped the charges days later, following outcry and protests.

“It is agreed and ordered that the sanction of a Probated Suspension shall be imposed against [Ramirez] and is in accordance with Part XV of the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure,” a judgment from the Texas Bar grievance committee says. “Accordingly, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that Respondent be suspended from the practice of law for a period of 1 year with the suspension being fully probated pursuant to the terms stated below. The period of probated suspension shall begin on April 1, 2024 and shall end on March 31, 2025.”

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