Texas Arrests 3rd Health Care Provider Over Alleged Abortions

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“This is clearly an attack on immigrant communities, who already have a hard time accessing the care they need because of harmful abortion bans and the increased risk of criminalization they face based on their immigration status… For many immigrants in Texas, traveling to another state for abortion care means risking family separation, detention, and deportation.”
President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt

On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced the arrest of a 48-year-old Houston-based midwife who operates three health care clinics, and one of her employees, for allegedly providing abortion care and practicing medicine without a license. The following day, Paxton shared that he’d arrested a third heath care worker—a nurse practitioner—who worked with the midwife. This is the first time since the overturning of Roe v. Wade that individuals have faced criminal charges for providing illegal abortions.