{"id":1216144,"date":"2022-01-14T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216144"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:50:23","slug":"n-j-bishops-slam-distressing-passage-of-liberal-abortion-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-j-bishops-slam-distressing-passage-of-liberal-abortion-act\/","title":{"rendered":"N.J. Bishops Slam \u2018Distressing\u2019 Passage of Liberal Abortion Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fn-j-bishops-slam-distressing-passage-of-liberal-abortion-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-FrameBlurred-o2U5uWLE5XlUeDI-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Catholic bishops of New Jersey have expressed their dismay over the passage of sweeping state legislation proclaiming a right to abortion all the way up to birth.<\/p>\n<p>In their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcan.org\/nj-bishops-statement-passage-freedom-reproductive-choice-act-law?fbclid=IwAR00ghb81ZZWypyqkpiP07PnDIs51RiyUdMFqnjfgbGaDFKH-ky-HhbMhpE\">statement<\/a> this week, the bishops express their \u201cprofound disappointment and deep concern about the passage of S49\/A6260 \u2014 the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act, which codifies into state law an individual\u2019s right to an abortion, including late-term abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>This law departs from the fundamental understanding that \u201call life is sacred from conception to natural death,\u201d the bishops assert. \u201cEven more distressing is that the legal and ethical calculus that underlies this new legislation absolutely and forthrightly extinguishes the human and moral identity of the unborn child.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the legislators who rushed through this Act in the waning moments of their terms did not want citizens to understand fully its inhuman and lethal consequences,\u201d the bishops add.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2022\/01\/11\/new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-vows-to-sign-bill-expanding-right-to-abortion-until-moment-of-birth\/\">praised<\/a> the passage of the bill and signed it into law on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bill to codify a woman\u2019s right to choose into state law and expand access to reproductive health care for all just passed both houses of the Legislature,\u201d Murphy tweeted last Monday. \u201cWith <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> under attack, the need for this bill is more urgent than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, the bishops argue that we have \u201cfailed as a society when a response to any pregnancy is fear rather than joy,\u201d urging people of good will to \u201cactively participate in breaking down the economic, employment, social, racial, and emotional barriers that lead mothers into thinking that abortion is a better option than life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njcatholic.org\/news\/bishops-statement-on-s49-a6260-the-freedom-of-reproductive-choice-act\">declaration<\/a>, the New Jersey bishops had registered their \u201cstrongest opposition\u201d to the legislation, insisting it would not only codify the right to an abortion, but also \u201cpotentially violate the religious freedom of healthcare workers and hospitals; and require private businesses to expand group health coverage to include abortion services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic bishops of New Jersey have expressed their dismay over the passage of sweeping state legislation proclaiming a right to abortion all the way up to birth. 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