{"id":3383,"date":"2025-03-22T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2025-03-22T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:16:29","slug":"arrested-at-gunpoint-charged-as-a-felon-a-midwifes-lot-in-anti-abortion-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/arrested-at-gunpoint-charged-as-a-felon-a-midwifes-lot-in-anti-abortion-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife\u2019s lot in anti-abortion Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some observers believe that the timing of all this is also strategic. Abortion activist Jessica Valenti (who used to write this newsletter and now <a href=\"https:\/\/jessica.substack.com\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">writes Abortion, Every Day<\/a>) has noted that Rojas was arrested weeks ago. Why did Paxton wait until now to send out a press release? Valenti reckons he is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jessicavalenti\/reel\/DHY8-qHJ8iR\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">distract from the fact<\/a> that Texas Republicans are trying to push through <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/bill\/SB2880\/2025\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">SB 2880<\/a>, which she characterizes as the biggest piece of anti-abortion legislation since Roe was overturned. This bill targets Texans\u2019 access to abortion pills and makes it easier to sue people and companies involved in a person\u2019s medication abortion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarlive.com\/news\/2025\/03\/texas-bill-targets-people-involved-in-medication-abortions-excluding-rapists.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The bill also protects<\/a> \u201cany person who impregnated the woman who used abortion-inducing drugs through conduct constituting sexual assault\u201d from being sued.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/mar\/22\/texas-midwife-arrest-abortion\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some observers believe that the timing of all this is also strategic. Abortion activist Jessica Valenti (who used to write this newsletter and now writes Abortion, Every Day) has noted that Rojas was arrested weeks ago. Why did Paxton wait until now to send out a press release? Valenti reckons he is trying to distract &#8230; <a title=\"Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife\u2019s lot in anti-abortion Texas\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/arrested-at-gunpoint-charged-as-a-felon-a-midwifes-lot-in-anti-abortion-texas\/\" aria-label=\"More on Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife\u2019s lot in anti-abortion Texas\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,241,604,345,10],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion-bans","tag-bounty-law","tag-criminal-charges-for-midwives","tag-medication-abortion","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}