Senator seeks ‘immediate’ criminal probe of abortion clinics.

Sen. Joanne Rodríguez Veve By THE STAR STAFF Sen. Joanne Rodríguez Veve on Wednesday asked the island Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into abortion providers, arguing clinics may be performing procedures outside the narrow exception allowed under Puerto Rico’s penal code. Rodríguez Veve, who left the conservative Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) party and is now an independent senator, said she filed a formal complaint seeking an “immediate” investigation and cited what...

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