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Texas Appeals Court Reopens Midwife Clinics, Paxton to Appeal

7/24/2026

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Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed the temporary injunction against midwife Maria Rojas.
The panel found Texas offered no evidence that abortions occurred at Rojas’s clinics in Spring, Cypress and Waller.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state will appeal the ruling and seek review by the Texas Supreme Court.
The decision allows the three clinics to reopen.
Rojas’s midwifery license stays suspended and she remains on an ankle monitor.

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Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed the temporary injunction against midwife Maria Rojas.
The panel found Texas offered no evidence that abortions occurred at Rojas’s clinics in Spring, Cypress and Waller.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state will appeal the ruling and seek review by the Texas Supreme Court.
The decision allows the three clinics to reopen.
Rojas’s midwifery license stays suspended and she remains on an ankle monitor.