US EditionWoman arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions in Houston, Texas AG says
- A Texas midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, has been arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
- Rojas is charged with the illegal performance of an abortion and practicing medicine without a license, facing serious felony charges.
- Authorities claim Rojas operated at least three illegal clinics in Houston, violating state law, marking the first criminal charges under Texas's near-total abortion ban enacted in 2022.
- The Attorney General's statement emphasizes the commitment to hold those who violate Texas's pro-life laws accountable.
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Google still shows them as open, but the reality is that three clinics northwest of Houston, Texas, are closed this Wednesday, a day after local authorities first arrested three people for performing abortions. These are the Latin American Waller Clinic, Latin American Telge Clinic and Latin American Medical Clinic, located in the cities of Waller, Cypress and Spring, respectively. The three form the so-called Latin American Clinic Network, dire…
CBS News Depicts Busted Illegal Abortion Provider as Victim of Texas Law
CBS News Depicts Busted Illegal Abortion Provider as Victim of Texas Law During the past presidential election season, abortion stories were a hot ticket across the network evening news. The networks did everything in their power to try to make the issue a dispositive one, in the hopes of tilting the election to Vice President Kamala Harris. With the election now behind us, abortion stories are largely out of view. But the CBS Evening News chan…
Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared March 17 and was updated March 18 in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/texas-abortion-midwife-arrested/. The Texas Tribune is a member-supported, nonpartisan newsroom informing and engaging Texans on state politics and policy. Two people have been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions at a Houston-area health clinic, the first criminal charges brought und…
Texas Arrests 48-Year-Old Woman For Performing Illegal Abortions, Operating Fake Clinics
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that a 48-year-old Houston woman had been arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions. Paxton said that Maria Margarita Rojas was providing illegal abortions in the Northwest Houston area and was operating a network of illegal clinics. Rojas was charged with one count of performing an illegal abortion and ...
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