Maria Rojas’ attorneys got their first chance to address the claims against her Thursday. She was released on bond but a judge ordered the clinics to remain closed.

A Houston-area midwife has been charged with performing illegal abortions in violations of a Texas state law that nearly bans the procedure.

A midwife in Texas has been arrested and charged on allegations that she performed illegal abortions, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a news release.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall had threatened to use criminal conspiracy laws to stop people from helping Alabamians get out-of-state abortions.

This should send a strong message to antiabortion politicians in states with bans,” said an attorney with the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project.

A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama attorney general can't prosecute groups who help Alabama women obtain abortions in another state