波多黎各颁布法律,给予未出生婴儿刑事保护,扩大谋杀指控范围,包括胎儿死亡,同时在母亲的生命或健康受到威胁时保留堕胎机会。 Puerto Rico enacts law granting unborn children criminal protection, expanding murder charges to include fetal death, while preserving abortion access when the mother’s life or health is at risk.

波多黎各已通过第18-2026号法律,由Jenniffer González-Colón总督签署,根据刑法将未出生婴儿定义为人,扩大谋杀指控的范围,将胎儿死亡也包括在内。 Puerto Rico has passed Law 18-2026, signed by Governor Jenniffer González-Colón, defining an unborn child as a human being under criminal law, expanding murder charges to include fetal deaths. 该法以2021年被杀害的孕妇Keishla Madlane Rodríguez Ortiz命名,旨在将终止妊娠的暴力行为视为对两名受害者的一种犯罪。 Named after Keishla Madlane Rodríguez Ortiz, a pregnant woman killed in 2021, the law aims to treat violence ending a pregnancy as a crime against two victims. 虽然堕胎在妇女的生命或健康面临危险时仍然合法,但新法律对未出生子女给予刑事保护,从而造成法律矛盾。 While abortion remains legal when a woman’s life or health is at risk, the new law creates a legal contradiction by granting unborn children criminal protections. 立法是包括承认公民权利在内的更广泛改革的一部分,赢得了支持生命的倡导者的赞誉,并受到关心病人和提供者的法律风险的医疗和堕胎权利团体的批评。 The legislation, part of broader reforms including civil rights recognition, has drawn praise from pro-life advocates and criticism from medical and abortion rights groups concerned about legal risks for patients and providers.