Gov. Murphy signs bill ensuring woman's right to an abortion in New Jersey
Source: New Jersey News 12
Jan 13, 2022, 5:43pmUpdated 4h ago
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill enshrining the right to get an abortion into state law.
The governor signed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act into law on Thursday in Teaneck. It fulfills a campaign pledge made in the lead-up to his reelection victory in November and after it appeared as if the Democrat-led Legislature might fail to advance the bill.
Sponsors of the new law say that it will increase a woman’s access to contraceptives and to affordable reproductive health care.
“Everyone deserves the ability to make their own personal health choices and we also know it will promote the health and well-being of the people in our state, while showing the country and the world that New Jersey stands for compassion, dignity and freedom,” said former Democratic Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle.
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