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22-Year-Old Texas Man Fatally Shot His Partner for Traveling to Get an
Abortion


God-fearing Christian Harold Thompson choked and then murdered his 
partner, Gabriella Gonzalez in a parking lot in Dallas the day she 
returned from having an abortion in Colorado.
By
Kylie Cheung



A Texas man, 22, was arrested on Wednesday evening for fatally shooting
his 26-year-old girlfriend for traveling to Colorado to get an abortion,
the Dallas Morning News reported on Friday. The man, Harold Thompson, shot
his partner, Gabriella Gonzalez, in a parking lot in the West Oak Cliff
neighborhood of Dallas the day after she returned from traveling for her
abortion, police say.

Per an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News, the
Dallas Police Department reviewed surveillance footage that shows Thompson
and Gonzalez walking together and having an argument shortly before the
shooting. In the horrifying footage, Thompson assaults and attempts to put
Gonzalez in a chokehold, but she pushes him off and they continue to walk
together. Then Thompson takes out a gun, shoots Gonzalez in the head, and
shoots her several more times after she falls to the ground.


The arrest-warrant affidavit notes that Thompson is believed to have been
the one who impregnated Gonzalez. He disapproved of her abortion, and
court records obtained by the newspaper say that he shot her because of
this. In addition to his murder charge, Thompson also reportedly faces a
charge of assault of a household member, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Thompson was booked into the Dallas County jail on Wednesday and remains
in custody as of Friday afternoon. His bail has not yet been set. In a
statement shared with Jezebel, the Dallas PD confirmed that an
investigation into Gonzalez’s death remains ongoing.

Gonzalez’s fatal shooting death comes amid a string of high-profile gun
violence cases, including the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, last weekend
that killed eight. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, 70 women every
month are shot and killed by an intimate partner.

The Dallas shooting is also a harrowing reminder of the increased danger
of intimate partner violence that pregnancy can inflict on women. Homicide
is a leading cause of death for pregnant people in the U.S., and pregnant
people are at greater risk of intimate partner violence. Pregnant people
who seek and are denied abortion care are more likely to face long-term
domestic violence.

Abortion laws like Texas’ ban, which seems to have forced Gonzalez to
travel to Colorado for care, can also render women and pregnant people
more vulnerable to abuse and control from intimate partners. A Texas man
is currently suing his ex-wife’s friends for helping her get an abortion
without his approval, despite how her friends claim he’s a “serial
emotional abuser” who knew about the abortion, didn’t stop it, and instead
used it as collateral to “manipulate and control” his ex-wife.
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As police continue to investigate Gonzalez’s shooting death, Thompson’s
alleged motive for killing her is a chilling warning of the violence and
terror that women and pregnant people increasingly face for seeking
abortion care—from both state laws and intimate partners.