A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with illegally performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court records and
the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal arrests of
abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Ken Paxton, the attorney general in Texas, said in a statement that the midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, operated clinics in several towns around Houston, including two in Harris County, the state’s most populous county, and one in Waller County, a more rural and conservative jurisdiction where the charges were brought.
Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with
illegally
performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court
records and
the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal
arrests of
abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade in 2022.
Ken Paxton, the attorney general in Texas, said in a statement
that the
midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, operated clinics in several
towns around
Houston, including two in Harris County, the state’s most
populous county,
and one in Waller County, a more rural and conservative
jurisdiction where
the charges were brought.
A woman walks in, obviously pregnant, and later walks out
obviously not pregnant. Whatever explanation is possible except
an abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html
A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with illegally >performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court records and
the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal arrests of
abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Ken Paxton, the attorney general in Texas, said in a statement that the >midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, operated clinics in several towns around >Houston, including two in Harris County, the state’s most populous county, >and one in Waller County, a more rural and conservative jurisdiction where >the charges were brought.
The statement said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance
of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree felony since the state’s >near-total abortion ban took effect in 2022. She was also charged with >practicing medicine without a license.
Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked with >Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested and charged with the same >offenses. The records showed Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley were being held on >$500,000 bond in Waller County, west of Houston, where the charges were >brought.
Lawyers for Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley could not immediately be reached. But a >friend said that Ms. Rojas had been arrested earlier this month while
driving to one of her clinics.
“She was on her way to the clinic and got pulled over by the police at >gunpoint and handcuffed,” said the friend, a fellow midwife, Holly
Shearman, who said she had spoken with Ms. Rojas by phone last week. “She >said they wouldn’t tell her what was happening. She said they took her to >Austin.”
Ms. Shearman recalled that Ms. Rojas had told her that others from the >clinic, possibly someone who worked at the front desk, had also been >arrested.
The bans on abortions around the country have largely relied on the threat
of prosecution, with few instances in which criminal cases have actually
been filed. Abortion providers in Texas and other states with abortion
bans ceased operations after the decision. Women seeking abortions have >instead traveled to states where the procedure remains legal or have
received abortion medication through the mail.
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:01:30 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <democrat-insurrection@mail.house.gov> wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html
A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with illegally
performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court records and
the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal arrests of
abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. >>
Ken Paxton, the attorney general in Texas, said in a statement that the
midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, operated clinics in several towns around
Houston, including two in Harris County, the state’s most populous county, >> and one in Waller County, a more rural and conservative jurisdiction where >> the charges were brought.
The statement said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance >> of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree felony since the state’s >> near-total abortion ban took effect in 2022. She was also charged with
practicing medicine without a license.
Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked with >> Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested and charged with the same
offenses. The records showed Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley were being held on
$500,000 bond in Waller County, west of Houston, where the charges were
brought.
Lawyers for Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley could not immediately be reached. But a
friend said that Ms. Rojas had been arrested earlier this month while
driving to one of her clinics.
“She was on her way to the clinic and got pulled over by the police at
gunpoint and handcuffed,” said the friend, a fellow midwife, Holly
Shearman, who said she had spoken with Ms. Rojas by phone last week. “She >> said they wouldn’t tell her what was happening. She said they took her to >> Austin.”
Ms. Shearman recalled that Ms. Rojas had told her that others from the
clinic, possibly someone who worked at the front desk, had also been
arrested.
The bans on abortions around the country have largely relied on the threat >> of prosecution, with few instances in which criminal cases have actually
been filed. Abortion providers in Texas and other states with abortion
bans ceased operations after the decision. Women seeking abortions have
instead traveled to states where the procedure remains legal or have
received abortion medication through the mail.
You mean you're in favor of violating the law because you have "a good reason"??? Oh and she practiced medicine without a license as well.
On 3/23/2025 6:06 AM, NoBody wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:01:30 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro"
<democrat-insurrection@mail.house.gov> wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html
A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with illegally >>> performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court records and
the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal arrests of
abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. >>>
Ken Paxton, the attorney general in Texas, said in a statement that the
midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, operated clinics in several towns around >>> Houston, including two in Harris County, the state’s most populous county,
and one in Waller County, a more rural and conservative jurisdiction where >>> the charges were brought.
The statement said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance
of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree felony since the state’s
near-total abortion ban took effect in 2022. She was also charged with
practicing medicine without a license.
Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked with >>> Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested and charged with the same
offenses. The records showed Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley were being held on
$500,000 bond in Waller County, west of Houston, where the charges were
brought.
Lawyers for Ms. Rojas and Mr. Ley could not immediately be reached. But a >>> friend said that Ms. Rojas had been arrested earlier this month while
driving to one of her clinics.
“She was on her way to the clinic and got pulled over by the police at >>> gunpoint and handcuffed,” said the friend, a fellow midwife, Holly
Shearman, who said she had spoken with Ms. Rojas by phone last week. “She >>> said they wouldn’t tell her what was happening. She said they took her to >>> Austin.”
Ms. Shearman recalled that Ms. Rojas had told her that others from the
clinic, possibly someone who worked at the front desk, had also been
arrested.
The bans on abortions around the country have largely relied on the threat >>> of prosecution, with few instances in which criminal cases have actually >>> been filed. Abortion providers in Texas and other states with abortion
bans ceased operations after the decision. Women seeking abortions have
instead traveled to states where the procedure remains legal or have
received abortion medication through the mail.
You mean you're in favor of violating the law because you have "a good
reason"??? Oh and she practiced medicine without a license as well.
What's her immigration status? Should we spend money prosecuting her
and her conspirator, or just kick them back over the border fence where
they belong?
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