Abortion

Help us eradicate this extreme NJ law that allows abortions up to birth  in NJ!

Call, write, and schedule a meeting with your State Senator and two Assembly Members Now and tell them you do NOT support P.L. 2021, C. 375, the NJ law permitting abortions up to birth!  Please read all the information on this page so you can be informed and Take Action!  Please Feel Free to Pass This Information from NJRTL on to others.  Thank you.

2024 Update:  Governor Murphy and pro-abortion legislators want to pass a measure (without voter approval) to include abortions in all NJ health insurance plans with no co-pays, no deductibles and no co-insurance before the summer.  This type of insurance will include abortions up to the moment of birth and increase premiums for employers and employees.   NJ already has one of the most radical abortion laws in the nation and one of the highest rates of abortion in the nation.  If passed, this policy will no doubt increase the number of abortions performed (including late term partial birth abortions) in the state.

Taxpayer funding of Abortion:  Since Governor Murphy was elected, he has allocated $216M of our tax dollars from the NJ state budget to fund Planned Parenthood, the major abortion organization in our state.  Planned Parenthood is Governor Murphy’s biggest political supporter.

Please contact us to get involved in our efforts to change NJ’s radical abortion laws and to stop taxpayer funding for abortion.

Abortion in NJ – Abortion is legal up to the moment of birth

In anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the NJ Legislature surreptitiously passed P.L. 2021, Chapter 375, an extreme abortion law during a lame duck session in January of 2022.  It was signed into law by NJ Governor Murphy on January 13, 2022, who engaged in back room deals and heavy handed tactics with his party’s legislative leaders to get it passed.  The public was not given the required notice to weigh in on the bill or its passage.  The bill offers no protection to babies in the womb at any stage of gestation and in fact, permits abortions up to the moment of birth.  A recent poll conducted by Marist and sponsored by NJRTL found that the majority of New Jersey citizens’ views are opposed to the radical abortion laws passed by Governor Murphy and the NJ Democrat party.  For more information on NJ’s abortion laws, please contact us.

In addition, Governor Murphy instructed his appointed Board of Medical Examiners to change the rules regarding abortion make them less safe.  The new rules allow non-physicians to perform abortions in the first trimester and eliminated the requirement that physicians and health care providers who perform abortions have hospital admitting privileges. In addition, abortions no longer have to be performed in a licensed facility under the new rules.

Is Abortion Really Legal Up to Birth in NJ?

Yes, even abortion groups say that it is legal up to birth. See below. 


From Abortion Finder – a website sponsored by the National Abortion Federation:

https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state/abortion-in-new-jersey

Is abortion legal in New Jersey? Yes.

Yes. Abortion is legal in New Jersey. There is no limit on abortion in New Jersey based on how far along in pregnancy you are. To figure out how far along you are in pregnancy, count from the first day of your last period.

If you’re in New Jersey and need an abortion

Abortion is legal throughout pregnancy in New Jersey – there is no ban or limit on abortion in New Jersey based on how far along in pregnancy you are.

Parental involvement is not required in New Jersey.


From the State of NJ’s website:

https://www.nj.gov/oag/library/2022/Know-Your-Rights-Abortion-Rights-06-30-22.pdf

  1. Are there limits on when I can get

an abortion in New Jersey?

Speak with your provider. New Jersey protects the

ability of individuals to make decisions in collaboration

with their provider throughout pregnancy


From Alan Guttmacher Institute, the abortion industry’s research organization:

https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/new-jersey/abortion-policies

Abortion policies currently in effect in New Jersey include the following:

  • Abortion is not restricted based on gestational age

The 2022 United States Supreme Court Dobbs Decision

On June 24 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Roe v. Wade decision.  In a 6-3 decision, Justice Alito wrote the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.   Below is an excerpt from the opinion:

We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.  The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely – the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.  

Roe was egregiously wrong from the start  Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.  It’s time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.  


The 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Decisions

Abortion is an act of violence that has brutally taken the lives of over 65 million innocent, defenseless children and wounded countless women and men.  The 1973 Roe v Wade decision struck down the laws in all 50 states and made abortion legal for the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason. This fact is not widely known or understood. Below are some excerpts from the January 22, 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Decision which legalized abortion.  The majority of people in NJ and across this nation do not support abortions for the entire nine months of pregnancy, and therefore, do not support the Roe v. Wade decision.    Over the years, many states have enacted laws limiting the performance of abortion at various stages of gestation.  The following text is taken from the Roe v. Wade decision.

  • For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman’s attending physician. Pp. 163, 164.
  • For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health. Pp. 163, 164.
  • For the stage subsequent to viability the State, in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life, may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother. Pp. 163-164; 164-165.

On the same day that Roe v. Wade was decided, The U.S. Supreme Court heard a companion decision known as Doe v. Bolton. In Doe, the court defined the word “health” in the context of abortion to be, “all factors – physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the women’s age – relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.” The Roe and Doe decisions had the effect of legalizing abortion in the U.S. for the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason.

In striking down a Texas statute on abortion that protected the unborn child’s right to life except to save the life of the mother, Justice Harry Blackmun , the author of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision wrote, “We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man’s knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.”

So when does Life Begin? Below are some quotes from respected embryology textbooks and scientists:

“Although life is a continuous process, fertilization … is a critical landmark because, under ordinary circumstances, a new, genetically distinct human organism is formed when the chromosomes of the male and female pronuclei blend in the oocyte.” (Ronan O’Rahilly and Fabiola Muller, Human Embryology & Teratology, 3rd ed., New York: Wiley-Liss, 2001, p. 8)

“Zygote. This cell results from the union of an oocyte and a sperm during fertilization. A zygote is the beginning of a new human being (i.e., an embryo).” … “[The zygote] marked the beginning of each of us as a unique individual.” (Keith L. Moore and T.V.N. Persaud, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 7th ed., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003, pp. 2,16)

“The zygote thus formed represents the beginning of a new life.” (J.P. Greenhill and E.A. Friedman, Biological Principles and Modern Practice of Obstetrics, Philadelphia: W.B. Sanders, 1974, p. 17)

“It is the penetration of the ovum by a spermatozoan and resultant mingling of the nuclear material … that constitutes the culmination of the process of fertilization and marks the initiation of the life of a new individual.” (Bradley M. Patten, Human Embryology, 3rd ed., New York: McGraw Hill, 1968, p. 43).

A Distinct Human Organism” by Professor Robert George. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857703

 

All Information on this page was written and prepared by New Jersey Right to Life.  Permission is granted to quote with attribution.