October 15, 2021

New Jersey Gov. Approves Rules Allowing Non-Doctors to do Abortions

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D)
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) approved new rules this week allowing less qualified individuals to do abortion procedures. This not only lifts one of the few regulations facing abortion businesses in the pro-abortion state of New Jersey, but it also makes abortions less safe for the women who have them.

North Jersey News reported that Gov. Murphy “approved lifting regulations on abortions that barred [abortions] from happening in a doctor’s office beyond 14 weeks of pregnancy and allowing as many as 15,000 nurses, physician assistants and midwives to perform the procedure.”

New Jersey currently has the second-highest abortion rate in the country next to the District of Columbia. The state is also considering a "Reproductive Freedom Act" that would codify a right to abortion without limitations. It would require health insurance companies to cover abortions without deductibles, co-insurance, or co-payments.