Catholic governor signs historic personhood law for the unborn in Puerto Rico

https://theleaven.org/catholic-governor-signs-historic-personhood-law-for-the-unborn-in-puerto-rico/

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T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 242d
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nocturne@piefed.social · 12 pts · 242d
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U7826391786239@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 242d
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PioTOF@discuss.online · 1 pts · 232d

Thanks be to God!

protist@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 242d (2 replies)

Reading the article, this is only for the civil administrative code

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 242d (1 reply)

Regardless its an unfortunate choice. As fetuses aren't people, and normalizing this only leads to even less religious freedoms

protist@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 242d

Totally agree

Icytrees@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 242d

This article conveniently sidesteps the implications for abortion, instead focussing on ambiguous rights for the mothers, aside from the right to name an unborn child an heir — which I agree is a good thing.

I'm not too familiar with Puerto Rican law, so I would have liked more information on what it means to assign personhood under civil law.

Can mothers still get medically necessary abortions in the case of an unviable/dangerous pregnancy? Is an ectopic fetus still a full person from the moment of conception? How will that influence medical decisions?

I'm sure plenty of women would like to know.