Puerto Rico Governor Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon recently signed legislation that recognizes unborn children as people from conception.
Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, called the new law a promising development in the island territory where abortion has been very permissible.
“So we're not quite sure how this is all going to play out,” she observes. “Which law is going to take precedent?”
Regardless of past politics surrounding the issue, Tobias sees the new law as a “great moral victory” and a sign Puerto Rico is headed in the “right direction” on abortion.
According to a related article by The Christian Post, Alaska and Wyoming both have statutes on the books declaring the term "unborn child" refers to "a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb" as it pertains to victims of certain criminal offenses.
Asked by AFN whether more states should follow suit, Tobias said specific terminology is not always necessary in pro-life legislation.
"It's more important that the legislatures just start recognizing unborn children are human beings and they deserve to be protected," she said.
