Senator seeks ‘immediate’ criminal probe of abortion clinics.
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Published on April 23, 2026.
Independent Senator Rodríguez Veve, who left the conservative Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) party and is now an independent senator, has filed a formal complaint seeking an immediate criminal investigation into abortion clinics in Puerto Rico. She alleges that the Department of Health's oversight records have been inadequate and that the department could not certify how many procedures met the legal exception of abortion in limited circumstances. She also alleges that auditors found records missing the name and license number of the professional who performed the procedure, which she claims violates Article 98 of the Puerto Rico Penal Code. The complaint also criticizes auditors' failure to document whether the reviewed cases included the required therapeutic indication and whether the Health Department could not verify key elements of the legal exceptions.
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