A midwife and two clinic workers have been arrested in Texas and charged with illegally performing abortions, in the first such prosecutions since the state enacted some of the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions more than two years ago.
Midwife Maria Margarita Rojas, the owner and operator of a network of clinics in the Northwest Houston area, was charged with illegally performing an abortion, as well as practicing medicine without a license, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday.
According to a statement from Paxton’s office, the clinics allegedly “unlawfully employed unlicensed individuals who falsely presented themselves as licensed medical professionals.”…