Written by Zane McNeill, Civil Rights & Health Equity Legal Fellow at L4GG — the prosecution of Maria Margarita Rojas, a Houston-area Latina midwife who served uninsured, Spanish-speaking patients, is the first criminal case under Texas's abortion ban and echoes a long history of racialized attacks on midwives of color.
There Is No Bodily Autonomy Without Defunding ICE
Written by Zane McNeill, Civil Rights & Health Equity Legal Fellow at L4GG — true bodily autonomy is impossible alongside state violence: with 73,000 people detained in ICE facilities, documented medical neglect, and entire communities afraid to seek healthcare, immigration enforcement is itself a public health crisis.

