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"Don't believe it for one second": Texas arrests midwife, accuses her of providing illegal abortions

The arrest appears to be the first time that a healthcare provider in Texas has been criminally charged under the state’s abortion ban, which went into effect in 2022.

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A nurse speaks with a patient at a clinic in Houston on Aug. 2, 2013. Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune

A Texas midwife has been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without a license, marking what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind under the state’s stringent abortion laws.

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