Local advocates say the arrest is an attack on not just abortion care but also immigrant communities.

Labanino Matos, a licensed nurse practitioner, was under an agreed order from the Texas Board of Nursing for negligent treatment of a patient at another clinic. Texas law requires nurse practitioners to have a practice agreement with a licensed physician, which the affidavit says Labanino Matos did not have in place for these clinics.

The woman, Maria Margarita Rojas, is being prosecuted under a Texas law that prohibits abortions except in the case of medical emergencies.