Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two South Texas hospitals after Spanish-language billboards near the U.S.-Mexico border advertised childbirth services to expectant mothers in Mexico. The investigation is part of a sweeping investigation by the Office of the Attorney General into potentially unlawful birth tourism schemes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Mission Regional Medical Center promoted \u201cBirth Packages in South Texas\u201d and directed prospective patients to the website havemybabyinTEXAS.com. Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco has also been implicated as being involved.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cMy office will investigate any suspected illegal birth tourism schemes in Texas, including the operations of two South Texas hospitals that appeared to advertise birth tourism on a billboard near the border,\u201d said Attorney General Paxton. \u201cMy office will continue to hold accountable any entity that knowingly facilitates fraud in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n