David Coale Explains Dismissed Charges Against Texas Woman for…

Dallas Morning News

Apr 10, 2022

David Coale Explains Dismissed Charges Against Texas Woman for Going Against SB 8

A Texas district attorney dismissed charges against a woman accused of performing a self-induced abortion. LPHS appellate partner and constitutional law attorney David Coale talked to KVUE ABC 24 in Austin to explain why the charge should never have happened.

Watch David’s interview here.

Read David’s comments on SB 8 and the penalties in the Dallas Morning News.

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