Bill A4350/2918 scheduled for a Hearing
Thursday, December 14th - Take Action Now!
This legislation is all part of larger plan to make NJ a sanctuary state for abortion.  The bill expands on components of the Abortion bill Murphy signed on January 13, 2022 (S49/A6260) and  two bills he signed on July 1, 2022 (A3974/A2642 and A3975/S2633) which the pro-abortion media and supporters say makes New Jersey a Safe Haven for Abortion.

Strengthens access to reproductive health care; appropriates $20 million. Pro-Abortion Groups are calling it the Reproductive Equity Act.

• Providing "Free" abortions on demand up until the moment of birth, even if both mother and child are healthy.   These abortions will be mandated in all health insurance plans with no co-pays,no deductibles, no co-insurance.  This will increase premiums in all health insurance plans and make taxpayers complicit in the performance of, and funding for, all abortions that take place  in our state.  The legislation includes a very narrow religious employer exclusion which only applies to churches or religious orders organized as non-profits.  These entities may request an exclusion to cover abortion if the coverage conflicts with their bona fide religious beliefs and practices, but will be allowed if the abortion is necessary to save the life or health of the covered person.   It is important to note, however, that this exclusion will not apply to other non-profit religious employers or privately held for-profit businesses whose owners have religious objections to covering abortion in their health insurance plans.   

• Mandating in law the new, unsafe rules adopted by the NJ Board of Medical Examiners that advanced practice nurses, certified nurse midwives and certified midwives can perform abortions in the first trimester as well as provide medication abortion.  It will also mandate in law that physician assistants can provide medication abortion and counseling. 

• Also mandating in law the dangerous new rules adopted by the NJ Board of Medical Examiners that abortions can be performed in an office setting regardless of the stage of gestation, as long as the facility has one operating room. 

• Mandating that a physician or other health care providers (includes nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, midwives, advanced practice nurse, physician assistants) acting within their scope of practice shall be authorized to provide and assist in abortion care in this state.  This specifically invalidates NJ's 1974 Conscience Clause law for health care providers. 

• Expressly allowing minors to have abortions without parental consent or notification. 

• Prohibits the extradition and surrender of any person found in our state that receives, assists or provides or travels to our state from a state which has life protective laws to obtain abortions that are permitted under NJ  law. (This section appears to have been included in Bill A3974.S2642 which previously passed both houses of the legislature on 6/29/22 and was signed into law on 7/1/22 so it will most likely be omitted from the final version of this legislation).

• Providing a recurring $20 million Reproductive Access Fund (paid for with taxpayer funds) to be automatically disbursed annually in the budget as listed below. 

                     $ 5M to Expand training in abortion to increase the number of racial and ethnically diverse abortion providers.

                      $ 5M Grants to provide security personnel and law enforcement personnel at facilities providing abortions.

                     $10 M to provide "free" taxpayer-funded abortions for residents and non-residents who don't have insurance.  

• It also creates multiple layers of abortion bureaucracy in existing cabinets (Sections 22-27) to ensure oversight and continued funding for the above programs.