WashPo: Texas charges Houston-area midwife under abortion law
A Houston-area midwife was arrested for providing illegal abortions, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Monday, marking the first criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban and one of the few times a provider anywhere in the country has been charged since the fall of _Roe v. Wade_in 2022.
Maria Margarita Rojas, 49, is accused of performing abortions and practicing medicine without a license, both of which are felonies.
Also charged was Jose Ley, 29, whom officials said Rojas employed. Court records allege Ley, a Cuban citizen, does not have a Texas medical license.
Rojas owned and operated four health clinics in the Houston suburbs of Waller, Cypress and Spring, Paxton’s office said in a statement. Clínicas Latinoamericanas employed unlicensed people who presented themselves as medical professionals, officials said.
This could turn out to be a case of “bad facts make bad law."
Stuff: US Supreme Court chief justice rejects Donald Trump’s call for impeaching judge
Boasberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, convened a hearing on Monday to discuss what he called “possible defiance” of his order after two deportation flights continued to El Salvador despite his verbal order that they be turned around to the US.
Trump administration lawyers defended their actions, saying Boasberg’s written order wasn’t explicit, while a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union said “I think we’re getting very close” to a constitutional crisis.
CBC: Conservatives won’t allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election
No recent precedent for a major party barring journalists from accompanying campaign.
This seems to betray a certain lack of self-confidence in Poilievre. And it certainly doesn’t bode well for transparency should the Conservatives form the government.
Last Updated: 18.Mar.2025 23:13 EDT
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