WALLER, Texas – For the first time, the worker who was arrested alongside licensed midwife Maria Rojas in March in a historic case appeared before a judge in Waller County District Court.

Jose Ley, 29, was indicted in September on charges of practicing medicine without a license and performing illegal abortion.

His attorneys Jose Ceja and Nicholas Hughes said they were hired by Ley’s family.

“What we know is that Mr. Ley is a decent, hardworking family man,” Ceja said. “He was completing a course to become a missionary. His life’s been turned upside down over this.”

According to the arrest affidavit, Ley had administered IV and iron injection to a woman as part of medication abortion treatment at Rojas’ Waller clinic.

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