New Jersey § 2a:65a-6
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2a:65a-6, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2a:65a-6.
a. No physician licensed in this State, other licensed health care professional authorized
to perform abortions in this State, or ambulatory care facility licensed in this State
shall perform a partial-birth abortion and thereby kill a human fetus. b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a partial-birth
abortion that is necessary to save the life of the mother whose life is endangered
by a physical disorder, illness or injury. c. A physician or other health care professional licensed pursuant to Title 45 of
the Revised Statutes who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion in violation
of this act shall be subject to immediate revocation of his professional license by
the appropriate licensing board and subject to a penalty of $25,000 for each incident. d. An ambulatory health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ) in which a partial-birth abortion is performed in violation of this act shall be
subject to immediate revocation of its license by the Department of Health and Senior
Services. e. As used in this act, “partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the person
performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living human fetus before killing
the fetus and completing the delivery. f. As used in subsection e. of this section “ vaginally delivers a living human fetus before killing the fetus ” means deliberately and intentionally delivering into the vagina a living fetus,
or a substantial portion thereof, for the purpose of performing a procedure the physician
or other health care professional knows will kill the fetus, and the subsequent killing
of the human fetus.
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