and you re just as concerned as i am and you re someone who is anti-abortion for yourself but pro choice for other women like i am, then look at what your state is doing. they re putting out ballot initiatives and trying to create a second class citizen, and that scares me for our democracy. it is absolutely anti-democratic. and juanita, by the way, the people that are going to be affected by these laws most, what is hanning most, right, abortions in the state of texas by race, 38.8% were hispanic. 27.9% were black. 26% were white. and 7% were other racial and ethnic groups. these are not these are disenfranchised people that are going to be affected most by these restriktdive abortion laws in the state. it shouldn t surprise anyone that lizel herrera was a latino woman who was targeted at one of the most vulnerable points in
violated in the indictment. it shows without any type of substantial evidence, with any reference to a statute that someone can be not only arrested but held on $500,000 bond, it shows the strength that these anti-abortion pushes are having in allowing people and prosecutors to just do whatever they want. it appears grateful that d.a. ramirez has stepped in, and i m also grateful that advocacy groups were able to step in and advocate on behalf of lizel herrera, but it paints a very grim picture for what is awaiting the rest of the country when we know that we re sitting with a supreme court that allows sb-8 to take effect in spite of decades and decades of precedents set by roe. and irina, juanita brings us a good poin because this is about a larger conversation. we re not just seeing this happen in texas. this is happening in many states in the south, conserve tsk
one there. ali arouzi, thank you for your reporting on this. good to see you. coming up shortly, i m going to talk more about the appointment of this new russian general with a reputation for brutality. i m going to be joined by a russian journalist and author of all the kremlin s men, mikhail zhagir. more on the election in france where president macron will face marine le pen in the presidential election run-off in two weeks time. that s according to exit polls from today s first round of voting which gave macron about 28% of the vote and le pen 23%. the run-off will take place on april 24th. it is likely to be a tight race, while le pen s nationalist views and support for vladimir putin, the election could impact the entire political direction of europe. turning now to breaking news out of the state of texas, where murder charges against a 26-year-old woman have been dropped. lizel herrera was arrested earlier this week for what authorities called, quote, the