The constitutional provision that "[The State] shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception" was crafted by the Constitutional Commission which drafted the charter with the intention of providing for constitutional protection of the abortion ban, although the enactment of a more definitive provision sanctioning the ban was not successful.
The constitutional provision guaranteeing equal protection for both the mother and the unborn from conception was created by the Constitutional Commission to establish a legal framework for an abortion ban, but it wasn't fully implemented as intended.