Texas arrests 8 in widening probe of midwife accused of illegal abortions
Eight people linked to a Houston-area midwife accused of allegedly performing illegal abortions have been arrested and indicted for practicing medicine without a license Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reported Wednesday In a message shared online Paxton described the group as a cabal of abortion-loving radicals who endangered the very people they pretended to help The arrests are the latest advance in an study into Maria Margarita Rojas who earlier in became the first to be charged under the Texas Human Life Protection Act ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR CALIFORNIA CLINICIAN IN LOUISIANA ABORTION PILL CASERojas faces felony counts including three for performing an abortion and for practicing medicine without a license Her incident is ongoing Paxton declared the eight new defendants were working under Rojas at her clinics in Waller Cypress Spring and Katy Those charged were identified as Yaimara Hernandez Alvarez Alina Valeron Leon Dalia Coromoto Yanez Yhonder Lebrun Acosta Liunet Grandales Estrada Gerardo Otero Aguero Sabiel Bosch Gongora and Jose Manuel Cendan Ley MAJOR PRO-LIFE GROUP DEMANDS EXAMINATION INTO ABORTION PILL BILLBOARDS IN FLORIDAIn his announcement Paxton who is running for U S Senate mentioned the arrests show his commitment to enforcing the state s strict abortion laws and commented beyond being illegal it is evil These dens of fake doctors will not be allowed to operate in Texas Paxton added Those responsible will be held accountable I will invariably protect innocent life and use every tool to enforce Texas s pro-life laws he stated The Center for Reproductive Rights called the scenario against Rojas a sham The organization is representing Rojas in a separate civil lawsuit Jenna Hudson Senior Counsel notified Fox News Digital that the indictments were an escalation of Texas' scare campaign against doctors and healthcare workers TEXAS MAN SUES CALIFORNIA SPECIALIST IN UNPRECEDENTED ABORTION PILL OCCURRENCE OVER UNBORN CHILD S ALLEGED MURDER Hudson stated Paxton went after Rojas a licensed midwife dedicated to helping her pregnant patients He heartlessly shut down several clinics that provided lawful affordable services to families around Houston the greater part of whom were low-income uninsured immigrants with meager options for healthcare care she added It s no coincidence that he is targeting Rojas and these clinics amid the widespread anti-immigrant sentiment nationwide Texas soundness care workers deserve respect not to be treated like criminals
