pAkston, a Republican who has been serving as Texas AG for 10 years, announced Monday Arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, a certified nurse midwife.
Rojas has been accused of running Clinic Network In the Houston area, Paxton's office said that “they illegally employed unauthorized individuals who were misrepresented as licensed medical professionals.”
The Rohas case is Illegal operation The US Supreme Court will Roev in 2022. Since overturning Wade, it has been an abortion clinic clinic.
Jose Manuel Sendan Rey was arrested Monday, and Lebildo Lavanino Matos was arrested in the beginning of March. Ley, an employee of Rojas, is accused of performing Illegal abortion And to practice medicines with Rojas without a license. Matos was arrested in connection with the investigation.
Roev in 2022. After Wade was overturned, the so-called “trigger laws” were enacted, which means abortions are almost completely prohibited in Texas.
Abortions are permitted in the state only if necessary to save the life of pregnant women. Under Texas law, people who provide illegal abortions are 20 years in prison Fines up to $100,000.
“Individuals who kill a fetus by performing illegal abortions in Texas will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and will not rest until justice is served,” Paxton said in a statement.
“I will continue to fight to protect and strive to protect lives and strive to ensure that anyone who commits a crime in violation of our state's pro-life laws is held liable.”
These arrests are Latest attempts Paxton chases after abortion providers. Late last year, Paxton filed a lawsuit against New York doctor Margaret Carpenter for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman.
Paxton argued that he was a carpenter in the lawsuit Violated Texas law By providing abortion medications across the state line. A Texas judge also fined Carpenter $100,000 in February, when he allegedly prescribed the drug.
Legal experts are I'm not sure New York is one of more than 12 states with shield laws to protect abortion providers from such legal actions, which is how Texas can prosecute Carpenter.
