Appeal filed to reopen Texas clinics where alleged illegal abortions were performed

Appeal filed to reopen Texas clinics where alleged illegal abortions were performed

HOUSTON (KIAH) Three medical clinics in Waller and Harris Counties that were shuttered when their operator was arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions could reopen if a Texas appellate court removes an injunction. That's what an appeal filed Monday in the First Court of Appeals seeks in the case of Maria Rojas whose early March arrest was the first under the state's abortion ban. Rojas has since bonded out of jail, and her criminal a…

N.J. law protecting abortion rights withstands legal challenge in appeals court

A New Jersey appeals court has rejected an attempt to invalidate a state law adopted in 2022 that preserves the legal right for women and girls to obtain an abortion in the state.

Houston Midwife Accused of Illegal Abortions Appeals Closures

A Houston-area midwife accused of performing illegal abortions has laid out the case for her innocence for the first time, alleging in an appeal filed Monday that the Texas Attorney General’s office was so desperate to prosecute an abortion case that it “conducted a shoddy investigation and leapt to wild conclusions.”“The Attorney General boasts that he has caught a ‘Houston-Area Abortionist’ and has shut down ‘Clinics Providing Illegal Abortion…