Doctors oppose the bill that restricts the right to abortion.

They refer to the measure as endangering the lives of women and could cause an increase in abortions.
Víctor Ramos, president of the College of Surgeons of Puerto Rico
Doctors from the school of obstetrics of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, as well as from the College of Surgeons, opposed this Friday the bill that would prohibit the right to abortion on the Island after 22 weeks of gestation.

Among other things, they agreed that Senate Bill 693 legislates to control medical criteria, endangers the physical and mental health of the pregnant person, as well as could cause an increase in abortions prior to reaching the period in which it is imposed. the restriction.