US EditionPuerto Rico Catholic Governor Signs Historic Personhood Law for the Unborn
Senate Bill 504 grants unborn children legal personhood from conception, including inheritance and insurance rights, enacted after votes of 18-6 in Senate and 40-12 in House.
- On Dec. 21, Law 183-2025 amended Puerto Rico's Civil Code to declare the unborn a natural person from conception, taking effect immediately after approval.
- The Puerto Rico legislature passed the measure after votes in June and last month, and Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon signed Senate Bill 504 into law in late December.
- Parents or legal representatives may pursue inheritance rights, insurance protections, personal injury claims, donations, property rights, and labor-related claims for the unborn child, with inheritance subject to birth and representation per Article 74 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico.
- Reproductive-Rights groups cautioned the law could elevate embryonic and fetal rights over women and pregnant people, while Carol Tobias hailed it as a "landmark achievement" and a powerful example for U.S. lawmakers.
- The law includes a clause preserving the pregnant woman's legal decision-making power, while Pregnancy Justice notes several U.S. states have personhood provisions and Alaska and Wyoming define 'unborn child' in statutes.
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Puerto Rico Recognizes Life at Conception
Puerto Rico has passed a new law that identifies the unborn as people, allowing them to have the same rights as those born. Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 504, which amends the Civil Code to recognize the unborn as a “natural person for all purposes that are favorable both during the gestation period and after birth,” reads a bill description. “Every human being has legal personality and capacity from…
On the Gift of Life, Puerto Rico Points the Way
Ricardo Arduengo Then-governor-elect Jenniffer Gonzalez and her husband, Jose Yovin Vargas, hold their babies during her swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 2, 2025. EDITORIAL: Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón just signed a bill into law that affirms the biological fact that life begins at conception.
'Landmark achievement': New Puerto Rico law recognizes unborn children as people from conception
Puerto Rico has enacted a new law that identifies unborn babies as people, giving them the same rights granted to every other human being. #PuertoRico #NationalRighttoLife #Fetalpersonhood #CenterforReproductiveRights
Catholic governor signs historic personhood law for the unborn in Puerto Rico - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %
(OSV News) — On Dec. 21, Puerto Rico’s Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón approved Law 183-2025, which amends the Civil Code of Puerto Rico and recognizes the unborn child or “nasciturus” – a Latin legal term referring to “conceived but not born” – as a natural person from conception. Father Carlos Pérez Toro, pastor of Santa Rosa de Lima Church in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and civil lawyer graduate of Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of …
By decision of the governor of Puerto Rico, children conceived in this unincorporated territory of the United States are to be recognized—in accordance with their nature—as natural persons. The politician signed a Senate bill establishing that at every stage of development of life before birth, they will be subject to legal protection. "An unborn human being (...) is a natural person from conception to every stage of development in the mother's …
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