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New Jersey Bishops Express ‘Outrage’ Over State Plan to Mandate Insurance Coverage for Abortion

Paul Brady PhotographyThe New Jersey Capitol is located in Trenton.

The proposed legislation, announced in a May 11 press conference by Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, would mandate that health-insurance plans fully cover abortion; codify regulations allowing non-physicians to perform abortions; and dedicate more taxpayer funds to abortion.