Here are the facts.
What happened?
Rojass clinics provided health care to low-income and primarily Spanish-speaking communities.
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Will the midwife face jail time?
Were the patients charged with anything?
The people Rojas is alleged to have provided with abortions were not criminally prosecuted.
Per Paxtons press release, Texas law holds abortion providersnot patientscriminally responsible for unlawful procedures.
More often, the criminal penalties apply to the person performing the abortion.
Additionally, Marc Hearron, Interim Associate Director of U.S.
Meanwhile, Texas legislators are considering a bill this very minute tocharge pregnant people with homicidefor getting an abortion.
Whats the precedent?
Have there been other abortion-related arrests?
But it is not the first time the state has taken legal action against providers.
What does this mean for other states?
A criminal indictment in one state doesnt necessarily directly impact how laws are applied or enforced in another state.
What are abortion rights advocates saying?
Her arrest is a stark reminder that these laws are rooted in racism and classism.
Says Marsha Jones, Executive Director of The Afiya Center, Criminalizing abortion care is nothing new in Texas.
And the data is clear: Black and Latinx communities bear the heaviest burden.
Texas government officials are intent upon punishing pregnant people and those who support them.
Try as they might to target us and scare us into silence, Lilith Fund remains undeterred."
This post has been updated.
