Governor Murphy and abortion extremists are working overtime to get the dangerous and unconscionable so-called Reproductive Freedom Act passed before Election Day this November.
They are insisting this bill be heard and voted on despite many within their own party requesting to postpone the vote until the lame-duck session after the general election this fall.
The pro-life coalition of groups across New Jersey is gathering in Trenton the day after the primary election to rally for life!
Click on this coalition flyer to register:
I look forward to seeing you on June 9th.
For life,
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
As you are aware, big decisions are coming up this year in New Jersey. Governor Murphy and all state legislative seats will be up for election. Family Policy Alliance of New Jersey will be endorsing candidates later in the year. However, the primary is quickly approaching on June 8. To help inform you of the best and worst legislators currently in Trenton, the following is a list of bills that we support or oppose and the legislators that have sponsored them.
Bills we support:
A3000/S3002 – OPT OUT VOUCHER FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL SEXUALITY LESSONS
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Robert Auth, Haskell (R) |
Mike Testa, Cape May Court House (R) |
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Erik Peterson, Clinton (R) |
Steve Oroho, Sparta (R) |
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Gerard Scharfenberger, Middletown (R) |
Michael Doherty, Washington (R) |
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John Catalano, Brick (R) |
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Gregory McGuckin, Brick (R) |
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John DiMaio, Hackettstown, (R) |
ACR193/SCR129 – RESOLUTION OPPOSING REVISED SEX ED LEARNING STANDARDS
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Assembly Members |
State Senators |
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Harold Wirths, Sparta (R) |
Steve Oroho, Sparta (R) |
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Parker Space, Sparta (R) |
Mike Testa, Cape May Court House (R) |
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Ronald Dancer, Cream Ridge (R) |
Michael Doherty, Washington (R) |
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John Catalano, Brick (R) |
James Holzapfel, Brick (R) |
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Gregory McGuckin, Brick (R) |
Robert Singer, Lakewood (R) |
A5545/S3540 – FAIRNESS IN WOMEN’S SPORTS ACT
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Assembly Members |
State Senators |
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Gregory McGuckin, Brick (R) |
Mike Testa, Cape May Court House (R) |
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John Catalano, Brick (R) |
James Holzapfel, Brick (R) |
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Gerard Scharfenberger, Middletown (R) |
A2228/S429 – PAIN CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION
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Assembly Members |
State Senators |
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Ronald Dancer, Cream Ridge (R) |
Steve Oroho, Sparta (R) |
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Robert Auth, Haskell (R) |
Joseph Pennacchio, Montville (R) |
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Erik Peterson, Clinton (R) |
Michael Doherty, Washington (R) |
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Parker Space, Sparta (R) |
Robert Singer, Lakewood (R) |
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John DiMaio, Hackettstown, (R) |
Anthony Bucco, Denville (R) |
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Sean Kean, Wall Township (R) |
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BettyLou DeCroce, Parsippany (R) |
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Harold Wirths, Sparta (R) |
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Jay Webber, Parsippany (R) |
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Christopher DePhillips, Midland Park (R) |
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Kevin Rooney, Wayne (R) |
Bills we oppose:
A4848/S3030 – so-called REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM ACT
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Assembly Members |
State Senators |
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Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Englewood (D) |
Loretta Weinberg, Teaneck (D) |
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Mila Jasey, Maplewood (D) |
Linda Greenstein, Cranbury (D) |
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Raj Mukherji, Jersey City (D) |
Vin Gopal, Ocean Township (D) |
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Annette Chaparro, Hoboken (D) |
Teresa Ruiz, Newark (D) |
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Joann Downey, Ocean Township (D) |
Troy Singleton, Moorestown (D) |
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Angela McKnight, Jersey City (D) |
Bob Smith, Piscataway (D) |
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Trenton (D) |
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Annette Quijano, Elizabeth (D) |
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Yvonne Lopez, Perth Amboy (D) |
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Herb Conaway, Delran (D) |
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Andrew Zwicker, Monmouth Junction (D) |
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Anthony Verrelli, Trenton (D) |
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Joe Danielsen, Somerset (D) |
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Britnee Timberlake, East Orange (D) |
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Daniel Benson, Hamilton Square (D) |
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William Spearman, Woodbury (D) |
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Vincent Mazzeo, Northfield (D) |
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Shanique Speight, Newark (D) |
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Shavonda Sumter, Paterson (D) |
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Gordon Johnson, Teaneck (D) |
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Roy Freiman, Hillsborough (D) |
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Lisa Swain, Paramus (D) |
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Benjie Wimberly, Paterson (D) |
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Clinton Calabrese, Ridgefield (D) |
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Christopher Tully, Paramus (D) |
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Cleopatra Tucker, Newark (D) |
A4454/S2781 – DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION LESSONS REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN
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Assembly Members |
State Senators |
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Carol Murphy, Cinnaminson (D) Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Trenton (D) Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Englewood (D) Anthony Verrelli, Trenton (D) Angela McKnight, Jersey City (D) Mila Jasey, Maplewood (D) Pamela Lampitt, Voorhees (D) Benjie Wimberly, Paterson (D) Yvonne Lopez, Perth Amboy (D) Britnee Timberlake, East Orange (D) Linda Carter, Plainfield (D) Lisa Swain, Paramus (D) Christopher Tully, Paramus (D) Gordon Johnson, Teaneck (D) Annette Chaparro, Hoboken (D) Angelica Jimenez, West New York (D) |
Richard Codey, Livingston (D) Bob Smith, Piscataway (D) Teresa Ruiz, Newark (D) Troy Singleton, Moorestown (D) Vin Gopal, Ocean Township (D) |
For more information on the pro-life positions of legislators and candidates, please visit our friends at New Jersey Right to Life.
Protecting your family,
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
Paid for by: Family Policy Alliance of New Jersey, 1977 N. Olden Avenue, Suite 241, Trenton, NJ 08618
As far Left advocates continue their nationwide mission to remove historic protections for women by passing the Equality Act, four pro-family New Jersey legislators are pushing back. These legislators recently introduced the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” (Senate bill 3540 and Assembly bill 5545). This is the same type of legislation that over thirty states have considered, and a few have signed into law!
We want to publicly recognize and applaud Senator Mike Testa (R – Cape May Court House), Senator James Holzapfel (R-Brick), Assemblyman Greg McGuckin (R- Brick) and Assemblyman John Catalano (R- Brick). Please let them know how much you appreciate their leadership on this common-sense fairness issue by clicking here.
It is simple to understand: when biological males are allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams, they rob girls of championships, state records, and scholarship opportunities. Girls-only sports as a category ceases to exist. Male sports and co-ed sports remain, but actual girls’ sports are erased.
Girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. Boys will always have physical advantages over girls—that’s the reason we have women’s sports in the first place.
- Science and common sense tell us that males have some physiological advantages to females in the sports arena. Those differences show up in size, strength, bone density, and even cardiovascular capacity (heart and lungs). Even if a male has been on hormone therapy, some of these advantages simply cannot be completely removed (take, for instance, the obvious advantage of height!).
- Someone’s subjective belief about their gender doesn’t cancel out the real biological physical advantage males have over females.
Despite the obvious reasons this bill should not be controversial, there are activists within our state that are aggressively fighting against fairness. Their radical cultural-Marxist rhetoric is unleased against those who would protect girls from facing disadvantages and discrimination.
In their view, “this bill is transphobic…perpetuates violence…and systematically dehumanizes…”. They state the legislators have a lack of understanding between sex and gender. They believe the title of the legislation is flawed because “Women” refers to a gender not a “sex”. In other words, they claim males and females can both be women and therefore play “women’s sports”.
Friends, post-modernists are continually redefining words to deconstruct society. They insist all public policy must succumb to their particular sexual ideology, even if it means damaging the hopes and aspirations of young female athletes in the process. We cannot let that happen. We must protect the rights, the private spaces, and the dreams of girls across New Jersey.
Please send a message thanking the legislators who are fighting to do just that!
Protecting your family,
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
Your efforts to stop the reckless and dangerous so-called Reproductive Freedom Act is working! New Jersey political media recently covered the bill’s lack of support in both parties. Your advocacy, your prayers, and your participation in pro-life rallies across the state is making a difference, but this is no time to quit. The Big Abortion Industry, led by Planned Parenthood, is not giving up their demands to codify abortion up to birth and force medical professionals to perform abortions against their own conscience with your money.
The coalition of pro-life organizations working together to defeat this bill have organized our next Day of Action, Prayer, and Protest on Saturday, April 17 from 10AM-Noon.
Location:
The offices of Senator Joe Vitale and Assemblyman Craig Coughlin
569 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Please register for this pro-life rally here!
Senator Vitale is the chair of the Senate Health Committee and Assemblyman Coughlin is the Speaker of the Assembly. These men have distinct leadership roles in the legislature to stop this bill from moving forward.
Let’s act like lives depend on it – because they do!
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
The Covid crisis has reminded us of many things in New Jersey. One lesson we’ve re-learned: state government will happily seize unconstitutional power and tighten its grasp unless challenged by their own political party. And modern education does not work because it has a misplaced priority on unionized adults instead of the students. I urge us to take this Covid moment and change how we do education.
I believe children should not be required to attend failing school districts simply because of their zip code or financial status. In other words, I believe in Education Equality. Fourteen states recently passed bills approving Education Savings Accounts. This allows money to follow the student to whichever school the family determines is in the best interest of the child. Education Savings Accounts put the student first! It’s a parent driven, child-centered plan of education. How innovative!
New Jersey spends on average over $20,000 per pupil – the fourth highest in the nation behind New York, Washington DC, and Connecticut. Yet, with so much money invested in schools (notice I did not say in students – there is difference), the legislature and Governor Murphy are afraid to give parents a choice. They are aware of the data. According to Real Clear Opinion Research, 77% of people surveyed support school choice (educational equality).
This week, I had the opportunity to join school choice advocates from across the political spectrum. Together, we discussed how we can influence our legislature to put the health and future of children above the special interest of elections and political donations. In addition, I led a strategy conversation with key denominational and church affiliation leaders. We are working to mobilize the faith community to engage with their legislators on these issues: namely, to support parents’ rights in determining how and where their children are educated.
I look forward to making Education Equality a major emphasis of the 2021 elections. Candidates for office face a brutal and burdensome vetting process by the powerful New Jersey Education Association. Tragically, they fiercely oppose equal opportunities for students. Let us support those candidates who will give parents the ability to decide what is best for their children.
Let’s make New Jersey better!
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
“So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” – Jeremiah 18:18b
Jeremiah, known as the weeping prophet, dared to tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, the hard uncomfortable truths that disrupted their echo chamber. Something was wrong – very wrong – but they did not want to hear it. A mild form of totalitarianism leveraged all their collective power against him. The priests, the prophets, the king, and his officials colluded to slander and silence the prophet. Only their words would be allowed in the marketplace of ideas. His prophecies were de-platformed for being incompatible with the approved narrative the mainstream wanted to hear. In other words, he was cancelled.
Tragically, New Jersey legislative committees are sometimes prime examples of disinterested politicians refusing to hear all sides of a policy issue. Committee hearings regularly start late, and therefore, voices registered to testify in opposition to a bill are limited to two minutes though the normal committee rules allow five minutes.
Less than two months ago, New Jersey State Senator Michael Doherty had his microphone shut off because the Chair of the Committee, Senator Teresa Ruiz, was infuriated by his defense of parents. He believed parents were motivated by love in protecting children from learning about transgenderism in kindergarten. The Chairwoman instructed the Education Committee staff to, “Mute his microphone.” It was a modern paraphrase of the biblical verse found in Jeremiah, ‘pay no attention to anything he says.’
Cancel culture, in its current form, has been gaining ground for years. First, it was academia banning conservative speakers. Then it was the mainstream media refusing to give equal time to conservative elected officials. Now it is Big Tech banning any person, organization, or ministry from stating a fact not approved by the Totalitarian state. Our friends at Focus on the Family were blocked on Twitter just last week, leading our national allies to ask – “Are We Next?”
Thankfully, there are New Jersey legislators who recognize the threat unchecked social media companies have to silence speech. Assemblyman Bob Auth, along with five co-sponsors, introduced the “Stop Social Media Censorship Act” over a year ago! The Act predated Big Tech’s flurry of bans and blocks. It creates a private right of action for users of social media websites whose political or religious speech has been deleted or censored by social media websites.
What does that mean for us? I want to encourage you to share our weekly communications through text or emails. Don’t give up on using social media to spread our message but don’t depend on it either. Analytics show that for every person who shares our post, on average 8-10 of their friends might see it. You must be proactive to use all methods of communication.
Help us each week to spread the word!
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
Dear Pastor,
As you are aware, the so-called Reproductive Freedom Act is the most radical and dangerous abortion bill ever to be introduced in our state – or possibly any state. For this reason, we launched JerseyVotesNo.com to inform everyone on the real threats this bill would have on the health of women, the safety of minors, the rights of parents, and the consequences pro-life medical workers will face.
We are working together with a coalition of pro-life groups in our state to protect babies in the womb. Our efforts have proven successful. This bill is a priority for Governor Murphy and his wife Tammy, yet the bill has stagnated and still awaits a committee hearing. To counter these efforts, Planned Parenthood and a large coalition of pro-abortion groups are requesting clergy sign a letter of support for abortion up to birth to remain legal forever in our state by passing the so-called Reproductive Freedom Act! You can find their letter here.
Now, I look to you to communicate with the legislature the heart of God. I need you to add your name to a letter that opposes the so-called Reproductive Freedom Act. It is imperative that legislators know the real position of pastors in New Jersey regarding unrestricted taxpayer-funded, late-term abortions. If they don’t hear from you, they will only be hearing from other members of the clergy giving their moral stamp of approval to end the lives of babies in the womb.
Sign this letter today through our online form and share this email with your network of like-minded pastors. If you can sign on behalf of your church, please include the church name. If not, you can add your support by only signing your individual name and town.
Thank you for spreading the word!
Sincerely,
Shawn Hyland
Executive Director
Dear Friends,
Today, the New Jersey State Assembly approved bill A4454, which if signed into law by Governor Murphy, would mandate sexual orientation and gender identity diversity lessons starting in kindergarten. Assembly members were made aware before the vote that their decision would be scored and recorded for Family Policy Alliance of New Jersey’s 2021 voter guide that will be sent to 1500 churches and tens of thousands of concerned residents prior to next year’s statewide election campaigns.
- A4454 was originally approved by the Assembly on October 29, 2020. It only mandated these sexual orientation and gender identity diversity lessons in 9th – 12th grade.
- However, the Senate approved an amended version on December 17, 2020. Their amendment required these human sexuality lessons beginning in kindergarten.
- Today, Jan 11, 2021, the Assembly voted in favor of this amendment to lower the age of students learning about human sexuality from 14 years old to 5 years old!
Four assembly members publicly spoke out against this bill during the vote to protect your parental rights in education. I urge you to thank them for their bold leadership.
- Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R), Denville
- Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R), Middletown
- Assemblyman Bob Auth (R), Haskell
- Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R), Clinton
Family Policy Alliance of New Jersey hopes Governor Murphy will respect the fundamental religious beliefs of millions of New Jersey citizens by vetoing this legislation.
Vote Tally of Assembly Members
❌ Every Republican present voted NO
✅ Every Democrat present voted YES (with one exception*)
* Assemblyman Jamel Holley (D) voted NO
46 – Yes
29 – No
0 – Abstain
- Yes = teach kindergarteners about sexual orientation and gender identities
- No = do not teach kindergartners about sexual orientation and gender identities
| Armato, John (D) – Yes | Mazzeo, Vincent (D) Yes |
| Auth, Robert (R) No | McClellan, Antwan L. (R) No |
| Benson, Daniel R. (D) Yes | McGuckin, Gregory P. (R) No |
| Bergen, Brian (R) No | McKeon, John F. (D) Yes |
| Bramnick, Jon M (R). No | McKnight, Angela V. (D) Yes |
| Burzichelli, John J. (D) Yes | Mejia, Pedro (D) Yes |
| Calabrese, Clinton (D) Yes | Moen, William F., Jr. (D) Yes |
| Caputo, Ralph R. (D) – Not Voting | Moriarty, Paul D. (D) Yes |
| Carter, Linda S. (D) Yes | Mosquera, Gabriela M. (D) Yes |
| Catalano, John (R) – No | Mukherji, Raj (D) Yes |
| Chaparro, Annette (D) Yes | Munoz, Nancy F. (R) No |
| Chiaravalloti, Nicholas (D) Yes | Murphy, Carol A. (D) Yes |
| Clifton, Robert D. (R) No | Peters, Ryan E. (R) No |
| Conaway, Herb, Jr. (D) Yes | Peterson, Erik (R) No |
| Coughlin, Craig J. (D) Yes | Pintor Marin, Eliana (D) – Not Voting |
| Dancer, Ronald S. (R) No | Quijano, Annette (D) Yes |
| Danielsen, Joe (D) Yes | Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina (D) Yes |
| DeAngelo, Wayne P. (D) Yes | Rooney, Kevin J. (R) No |
| DeCroce, BettyLou (R)- No | Rumpf, Brian E. (R) No |
| DePhillips, Christopher P. (R) No | Schaer, Gary S. (D) – Not Voting |
| DiMaio, John (R) No | Scharfenberger, Gerard (R) No |
| DiMaso, Serena (R)- No | Schepisi, Holly T. (R) No |
| Downey, Joann (D) – Yes | Simonsen, Erik K. (R) No |
| Dunn, Aura K. (R) No | Space, Parker (R) No |
| Egan, Joseph V. (D) Yes | Spearman, William W. (D) Yes |
| Freiman, Roy (D) Yes | Speight, Shanique (D) Yes |
| Giblin, Thomas P. (D) Yes | Stanfield, Jean (R) No |
| Gove, DiAnne C. (R) No | Sumter, Shavonda E. (D) Yes |
| Greenwald, Louis D. (D) Yes | Swain, Lisa (D) Yes |
| Holley, Jamel C. (D) No | Taliaferro, Adam J. (D) Yes |
| Houghtaling, Eric (D) Yes | Thomson, Edward H. (R) No |
| Jasey, Mila M. (D) Yes | Timberlake, Britnee N. (D) – Not Voting |
| Jimenez, Angelica M. (D) Yes | Tucker, Cleopatra G. (D) Yes |
| Johnson, Gordon M. (D) Yes | Tully, P. Christopher (D) Yes |
| Karabinchak, Robert J. (D) Yes | Vainieri Huttle, Valerie (D) Yes |
| Kean, Sean T. (R) No | Verrelli, Anthony S. (D) Yes |
| Kennedy, James J. (D) Yes | Webber, Jay (R) No |
| Lampitt, Pamela R. (D) Yes | Wimberly, Benjie E. (D) Yes |
| Lopez, Yvonne (D) Yes | Wirths, Harold J. (R) No |
| Zwicker, Andrew (D) Yes |
Please take 30 seconds to thank the four assemblymen, and then share the link with others. Thank you for spreading the word!
Sincerely,
Shawn Hyland
Director of Advocacy
Thank you for registering for last night’s online event to oppose the so-called Reproductive Freedom Act hosted by Senator Mike Testa and the Legislative District 1 team.
If you missed the live webinar or would like to view it again and share it with others, please click here.
For a Pro-Life New Jersey,
Shawn Hyland
Director of Advocacy
The NJ License to Kill Act (so-called Reproductive Freedom Act) is the most radical abortion bill ever proposed in this state. Senator Mike Testa has organized an online rally against this dangerous bill on Thursday, January 7 at 7p.m.
Click here to register to be part of this live event from your home.
As the pro-life movement continues to win the public debate regarding protections for babies in the womb, Governor Murphy, Senators Weinberg, Greenstein, Gopal, Ruiz, Singleton, and Smith have put forth a law that would seal the fate of the unborn for decades to come in our state.
This includes:
- Babies can be aborted up to the point of birth.
- Pregnant teenage moms can abort their children without the abortionist or school officials ever notifying parents.
- Late term abortions will be fully paid for by your taxes and your health insurance.
- Conscience protections for medical workers will be removed, forcing pro-life medical workers to assist in the abortion procedure.
- Non-physicians can perform risky and unsafe abortions on women.
- Mandate annual funding for Planned Parenthood despite the budgetary process and priorities of future administrations.
Senator Mike Testa will have a panel of guests joining him on Thursday, Jan 7 at 7pm to discuss the dangers of this bill. This is a great opportunity to hear from experts and legislators on why this proposed legislation threatens women’s health, jeopardizes children’s safety, and criminalizes medical health professionals.
I hope you can be part of this online statewide event!
Shawn Hyland
Director of Advocacy