NJ Board of Medical Examiners Votes to Adopt Abortion Rules Which Will Place Women's Lives in Danger
/Contact: Marie Tasy, Executive Director
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PRESS RELEASE
September 10, 2020--
New Jersey Right to Life, the state’s largest pro-life advocacy organization, issued the following Press Release after learning that the NJ Board of Medical Examiners (NJBME) voted unanimously yesterday to change the rules governing abortion.
As stated in the NJBME;’s Press release, proposed regulatory changes include:
repealing the Termination of Pregnancy rule that singles out abortion care for targeted regulation by, among other things, requiring that all terminations of pregnancy be performed only by a physician, and barring office-based terminations beyond 14 weeks gestation;
clearing the path for Advanced Practice Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Certified Nurse Midwives and Certified Midwives to perform early aspiration terminations of pregnancy (in addition to medication-based termination of pregnancy, which is already permitted); and
updating the regulations to integrate reproductive care within the generally applicable rules designed to ensure the safety of patients who undergo surgery or special procedures in an office setting.
These proposed rules will be posted on-line in the New Jersey Register in the coming months and the public will have a chance to comment on this proposal.
“This was obviously a stealth, backdoor plan which commenced with the election of Governor Murphy to adopt an extreme NY-style abortion law to accede to the demands of his abortion supporters. Contrary to the NJ Board of Medical Examiners' false assertions, abortion is not a safe procedure and these proposed rules are sure to place women's lives and health in danger. Through their actions, the NJ Board of Medical Examiners' has clearly forfeited their credibility as an independent agency whose paramount responsibility is to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare. The rules certainly don't protect women, but instead protect those who shamefully seek to make a profit off of the bodies of women and the death of innocent children,” said NJRTL Executive Director Marie Tasy.
