A Texas appeals court said the attorney general relied on insufficient evidence to win a clinic shutdown order

Weekend Editor

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July 25, 2026 1:11PM (EDT)

A women's health clinic chain in Houston was shut down while its founder Maria Margarita Rojas becomes the first person charged under the state's new near total abortion ban. A civil case overturned the clinics' closings, but the criminal case against Rojas continues. (Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle / Getty Images)