In December 2025, the island amended its civil code to recognize a conceived child as a natural person at any stage of gestation. The initiative was led by Senate President Thomas Rivera-Schatz and Sen. Joanne Rodríguez-Veve and signed into law by Governor Jenniffer González-Colón.
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta warned us decades ago:
“The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.”
A society is judged by how it protects its smallest and most vulnerable. Recognizing the humanity of the unborn is not extremism — it is moral clarity.
Life deserves a voice.
Even when it cannot speak for itself.