A Texas midwife has been arrested and charged with illegal performance of an abortion, a second-degree felony, according to court records and an announcement Monday from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).
Maria Margarita Rojas, 49, and Jose Manuel Cendan Ley, 29, were taken into custody in Waller County, whose district attorney referred the cases to Paxton for prosecution. Paxton made no mention of Ley, who court records show is a Cuban citizen.
Both were in jail and being processed on Monday night, after a judge set Rojas’ bail at $1.4 million and Ley’s at $700,000.
The arrests appear to ...
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