Puerto Rico Enacts Groundbreaking Law Recognizing Unborn Babies as Persons from Conception

In a significant victory for the pro-life movement, Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón has signed a new law that officially recognizes unborn babies as “natural persons” from the moment of conception.

The legislation, known as Senate Bill 504 or PS 504, amends the territory’s Civil Code to affirm the preborn baby’s personhood for civil purposes, such as inheritance rights.

Signed into law in late December, the measure establishes a legal and moral precedent by embedding...