Midwife Arrest in Houston Marks First Criminal Abortion Case Under Texas Law

In an unprecedented legal development, a midwife in the Houston area has been apprehended following a probe conducted by the Texas attorney general’s office. Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed on Monday that the midwife is facing allegations of performing illegal abortions. This marks the first instance of criminal charges being filed under Texas’s stringent near-total abortion ban. For more details on this significant legal case, visit the Law360 article.