"In March, Texas anti-abortion Attorney General Ken Paxton had a midwife arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions, the first person charged under the state's near-total ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In September, she was indicted on 15 felony charges. And on Wednesday, Paxton's office boasted that it had arrested eight other people in connection with her Houston-area health clinics."
"Maria Margarita Rojas was charged with 12 counts of practicing medicine without a license and three counts of performing an abortion; two of her other employees were also detained at the time. The eight new arrests were employees similarly indicted for practicing medicine without a license. In the announcement, Paxton's office grossly made it a point to say that "several" of the individuals were "foreign nationals.""
In March, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had midwife Maria Margarita Rojas arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions, the first person charged under the state's near‑total ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In September, Rojas was indicted on 15 felony counts, including 12 counts of practicing medicine without a license and three counts of performing an abortion; two employees were also detained. Paxton's office later announced arrests of eight additional employees similarly indicted for practicing medicine without a license and emphasized that several were "foreign nationals." Prosecutors relied heavily on evidence that Rojas possessed misoprostol, which is used for abortions and other reproductive health purposes.
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