In his first month since taking office, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is tackling a wide range of issues.

It started with an anonymous complaint filed to the state Health and Human Services Commission, alleging two women had ...

Lafontant was born Jewel Carter Stradford in 1922 to a prominent African American family. Her father, C. Francis Stradford, ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and accused of providing ...

Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, alleges Maria Margarita Rojas performed illegal abortions and practiced medicine without a license.

A Hous­ton-area woman was recently arrested and is facing charges “for providing illegal abortions,” the office of Texas Attorney General Ken ... These are the first criminal charges under ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March ...

There may be another woman sitting on the trial court bench in Somerset County, depending on the election results in May.

Robert Davis is charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 disappearance of Barbara Lenz. Court records show he raped and ...

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives with former ... Violation of Texas' abortion ban is a first- or second-degree felony. Calls to the clinics operated by Rojas were not returned ...

In 2009, Ayanna Pressley became the first Black woman elected to the Boston City Council. She made history again in 2018 as the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from ...

Holly Shearman, clinical director of Tomball Birth Center, where Rojas worked part-time, told The Tribune she was shocked by the arrest. She described Rojas as a skilled midwife who provided care to a ...