Waller – Maria Rojas, the Houston area midwife indicted in June on 15 felony counts of performing illegal abortion and practicing medicine without a license, appeared in Waller County court before Judge Gary Chaney on Friday.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office announced Rojas’ arrest in March. The case received national attention because the arrest was the first-of-its-kind since Texas enacted a near-total abortion ban.

On Friday, there was a status check on Rojas’s criminal case. Rojas appeared composed and quiet in court.

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She is represented by attorney Nicole DeBorde Hochglaube.

Lesleigh Morton was in court on Friday as the prosecutor on behalf of the AG’s office.

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