New Jersey will restore $7.45 million in funding for women's healthcare, including Planned Parenthood, under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.
The bill, signed Feb. 21, reinstates funding previously vetoed by former Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
"We cannot immediately undo the damage of eight years of vetoed women's healthcare funding under Gov. Christie," Mr. Murphy said in a statement. "But we can put the era of putting personal politics before the needs of countless thousands of New Jerseyans behind us. We are one state, one family, and we will stand in support of everyone's access to family planning, to prenatal care, and to life-saving cancer screenings."
In addition to the women's healthcare bill, Mr. Murphy's office said the governor also signed a bill under which Medicaid will cover family planning services for low-income residents. According to the office, Mr. Murphy also said the state will remove its Medicaid program's restriction on long-acting contraception, such as intrauterine devices, as a means of post-partum birth control.
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