New Jersey unveils new reproductive care website
Reproductive Health Information Hub will disseminate useful information about women's medical treatment
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill this week that launched a new website that will provide critical information on reproductive rights, abortion access, and healthcare coverage across the state.
Residents can access the Reproductive Health Information Hub at nj.gov/reproductivehealth. The Governor also highlighted forgivable loan awards for reproductive health care facility upgrades, the availability of funds for security upgrades, the recent implementation of a Medicaid rate increase for providers, and the rollout of an initiative to grow the State’s reproductive health care workforce.
“New Jersey’s Reproductive Health Information Hub will serve as a one-stop shop for anyone seeking information on reproductive health care in our State – from access to the health care services they need to the rights we are working diligently to protect,” Murphy said.
The website includes information on an individual’s rights under State law to access emergency reproductive health care services, contraception, preventative reproductive health care services, and reproductive health care medications. The website also includes links to resources to help individuals access health insurance, information on verified reproductive health care providers, and information on filing a complaint if their reproductive rights are violated. Providers can also access information about critical resources to help them serve their patients.
The legislation to establish this new website was sponsored by Senator Nellie Pou and Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter, Senate President Nicholas Scutari, and Assembly members Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Mila Jasey.
“It is important that women in New Jersey have a centralized source that informs them of their reproductive rights and reproductive health care services,” said Senate President Scutari. “The preventive services, counseling and medical care that is available to them will help safeguard their health and wellbeing.”