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House approves law establishing parental-consent protocol for pregnancy termination for minors 15 and under
Summary
The Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved Senate Project 297 on Oct. 7, 2025, creating a statutory protocol that requires at least one parent or legal custodian with patria potestad to provide written informed consent before a medical termination of pregnancy is performed on a minor 15 years old or younger.
The Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved Senate Project 297 on Oct. 7, 2025, creating a statutory protocol that requires at least one parent or legal custodian with patria potestad to provide written informed consent before a medical termination of pregnancy is performed on a minor 15 years old or younger. The measure passed by a recorded vote of 35 in favor and 13 opposed.
The bill, presented to the full House by the president of the Judiciary Committee, was described as elevating an existing Department of Health regulation (Regulation 132, promulgated in 2008 and amended in 2024) to the level of law. Representative Pérez Cordero told the House the statute would “requerir la…
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