A Texas court will hear an appeal this week in a case challenging an injunction that closed three Houston-area maternal health clinics run by a midwife accused under the state’s abortion law.
A Houston-area midwife facing felony charges in a historic Texas abortion case has fallen behind on payments for a court-ordered GPS monitor, according to proceedings in Waller County District Court. Defense attorneys say the monthly cost has been difficult to afford while the case remains pending.
Jose Ley, the worker who was arrested alongside licensed midwife Maria Rojas, appeared in Waller County court on Wednesday.
37-year-old Yhonder Lebrun Acosta joined the hearing virtually in Waller County, where he’s charged with practicing medicine without a license at one of Maria Rojas’ clinics.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office is connecting eight workers to a first-of-its-kind Houston abortion case involving midwife Maria Rojas, who has been indicted on felony charges of practicing medicine without a license and performing illegal medicine.
Attorneys for Maria Rojas are asking an appeals court judge to reverse an order that shut down Rojas' medical clinics.
The Houston area medical assistant accused of assisting an illegal abortion at a Waller County medical clinic has posted bond and has been released from Waller County jail, according to court records.
Maria Rojas’ attorneys got their first chance to address the claims against her Thursday. She was released on bond but a judge ordered the clinics to remain closed.
A judge will hear arguments on a temporary restraining order by the AG's Office to shut down the medical clinics owned by Maria Rojas, who is accused of performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without a license.
While pro-life activists believe there needs to be stronger crackdown on illegal abortion, pro-choice activists say the overturning of Roe V. Wade has had detrimental consequences.