Texas Woman Opposes Early End for Abortion False Arrest Lawsuit

A Texas woman is urging a judge to hold a trial in her suit against county officials who arrested and charged her with murder for self-inducing an abortion.

Lizelle Gonzalez asked the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Tuesday to deny motions for summary judgment filed last month by a county sheriff and district attorneys in a suit alleging they violated her constitutional rights. The officials pursued the case even though they knew a formerly pregnant woman can’t be held criminally liable for an abortion in Texas, she said.

Summary judgment is “wholly inappropriate” here because ...