Ken Paxton loses ruling in Texas abortion case against Houston-a

Ken Paxton loses ruling in Texas abortion case against Houston-area midwifewww.houstonchronicle .com/politics/texas/ article/paxton-midwi fe-abortions-22A Texas appeals court on Thursday tossed out an injunction against a Houston-area midwife accused of providing illegal abortions, saying Attorney General Ken Paxton's office hasn't presented any direct evidence that she violated the state's ban.The ruling by the all Republican Texas 15th Court of Appeals said a lower court's decision to temporarily shut down Maria Rojas' clinics "abused its discretion," and that the state's case relied on "probable-cause" affidavits centering on an anonymous email. "Without the probable-cause affidavits, the remaining evidence in the record does not reasonably support the State's allegations that abortions have been performed at the Clinics," Justice Scott Field wrote in his opinion. Rojas is the first person in the state to stand trial for allegedly violating Texas' abortion ban, which took effect in 2022. She also faces charges for practicing medicine without a license.