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Everything Wrong with Texas in one Horrifying Murder [1]

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Date: 2023-05-12

A young woman is dead in Texas thanks to a combination of their abortion ban and lax gun laws. She had just returned from Colorado to get an abortion when she was killed by her boyfriend.

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, surveillance video shows Thompson and Gonzalez walking together when Thompson attempts to put Gonzalez in a chokehold. Gonzalez “shrugs him off,” the affidavit says, and they continue walking. Thompson then pulls out a gun and shoots her in the head, according to the affidavit. After she hits the ground, Thompson shoots her several more times and flees, the affidavit says.

Maybe things would be different if she had access to discreetly get an abortion locally. Maybe things would be different if her boyfriend wasn’t carrying a loaded weapon. But this was in Texas, where endangering women is the role of government.

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