Texas midwife arrested for allegedly performing abortions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and charged with providing an abortion as part of a crackdown on clinics that are alleged to provide abortion services.

Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, also known as “Dr. Maria,” is also charged with practicing medicine without a license.

Investigators allege Rojas owned several clinics and employed unlicensed individuals who posed as medical professionals. The Texas attorney general’s office also filed for a temporary restraining order to shut down the clinics...