Puerto Rican governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R) signed legislation that recognizes unborn children as being human beings. The law declares, “Every human being has legal personality and capacity from the moment of conception and is a subject of law for all purposes that are favorable to him or her. The inheritance rights that the law recognizes in favor of the unborn child are subject to the event of birth. The representation of the human being in gestation corresponds to whoever will exercise it when he or she is born and, in case of impossibility or incapacity, to a legal representative or court-appointed guardian.”
Puerto Rico Legally Recognizes Unborn Babies as Human Beings – standingforfreedom.com
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