Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸<p>Texas Arrests Midwife and Associate on Charges of Providing Abortions</p><p>The two arrests in greater Houston appear to be the first time health care providers have been charged with violating abortion bans in their state since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.</p><p>From <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a><br>By J. David Goodman</p><p>Reporting from Houston</p><p>March 17, 2025</p><p>A midwife and an associate have been arrested and charged with illegally performing abortions in greater Houston, according to court records and the Texas attorney general, apparently the first criminal arrests of abortion providers since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.TTi-.QK8SBngk7oOJ&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/abortion-arrest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.TTi-.QK8SBngk7oOJ&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AbortionIsAWomansRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsAWomansRight</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ReproductiveFreedomForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveFreedomForAll</span></a></p>