Houston Public MediaOct 15

This year, the federal government took a note from Texas’ playbook and barred Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide from accessing Medicaid reimbursements.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/10/15/533387/the-feds-are-cutting-off-public-money-for-all-planned-parenthoods-following-a-playbook-that-began-in-texas/

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The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas

Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaMay 15, 2025

A Houston-area midwife accused of performing illegal abortions has laid out the case for her innocence, alleging in an appeal that the Texas Attorney General’s office “conducted a shoddy investigation and leapt to wild conclusions.”

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/05/15/521388/houston-midwife-accused-of-illegal-abortions-appeals-clinic-closures/

#Abortion #Court #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #Texas #AttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #CenterForReproductiveRights #Midwife #TexasAbortion #TexasAbortionLaw #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appeals clinic closures

In an appeal filed this week, Maria Rojas’ attorneys accused Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office of a careless investigation.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaMar 26, 2025

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has suspended the midwifery license of Maria Margarita Rojas, a Houston-area midwife accused of performing illegal abortions and operating clinics without a license. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/03/26/516924/texas-suspends-houston-area-midwifes-license-amid-criminal-case-over-unlawful-abortions/

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Texas suspends Houston-area midwife’s license amid criminal case over unlawful abortions

Authorities say Maria Margarita Rojas presented herself as a gynecologist without a medical license.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaMar 17, 2025

A Houston-area midwife was arrested after allegedly performing illegal abortions and operating clinics without a license, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/abortion/2025/03/17/516175/houston-area-midwife-arrested-for-allegedly-performing-illegal-abortions-texas-ag-says/

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Houston-area midwife arrested for allegedly performing illegal abortions, Texas AG says

Maria Margarita Rojas, known as “Dr. Maria,” faces hundreds of thousands in fines if she is convicted.

Houston Public Media
AmazeNov 2, 2024

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala

#abortionban #texasabortionlaws #texasabortion

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s abortion ban.

ProPublica
U.S. Politics in Real TimeNov 16, 2023

20 women are now suing Texas, saying state abortion laws endangered them

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/15/1213188342/20-women-sue-texas-over-abortion-laws

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SeanSep 10, 2023
Texas prison guard was kept at work while contractions for her 7-month pregnancy, and the result was that she finished her shift and gave birth to a stillborn via emergency c-section. The state of Texas is claiming the unborn has no rights, contradicting all the restrictive abortion regulations pre-Dodd decision of the time. Woman's right to give birth is nothing to the employer's right to labor
https://abc13.com/texas-v-salia-issa-prison-guard-sues-tx-roe-wade-does-unborn-child-have-rights/13635764/
#hyporisy #rightsoftheunborn #workersrights #texasabortion #abortion #news
Texas fighting prison guard's claim she had stillborn baby because bosses delayed her care

The position taken by the state attorney general's office appears to be in tension with the governor, who has touted the state's abortion ban as protecting "every unborn child with a heartbeat."

ABC13 Houston
Show threadCarolyn Barber, MDMar 23, 2023

McAllen OB-GYN said.

FYI: To add fuel to the fire, a recent court ruling also bans TX teens from birth control access at federally funded clinics without parental consent.
https://bit.ly/3nel7mC
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“You Know What? I’m Not Doing This Anymore”: The Disaster in Texas Everyone Should Have Seen Coming

Soon, it could get much worse.

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