December 19, 2025
New Jersey is characterized as a very protective state by the Guttmacher Institute.
Abortion is protected with no gestational duration limits. New Jersey has a shield law protecting abortion providers from investigations or prosecution by other states.
In the US, people who are not white and people with low incomes are more likely to experience barriers to reproductive health care access.
IN THIS STATE
As of 2023, 1.9 million women1 are of reproductive age in New Jersey.
- 8.6 percent are low income (lower than the national average)
- 12.6 percent are likely eligible for Medicaid because their income is at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level (lower than the national average)
- 55.2 percent are nonwhite, and Hispanic people (25.2 percent) and Asian or Pacific Islander people (12.1 percent) are the largest nonwhite groups (all higher than the national average)
- 9.4 percent are uninsured (lower than the national average)
New Jersey has expanded Medicaid and thus provides coverage to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and pregnant women with incomes up to 205 percent of FPL. New Jersey has extended pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage up to 12 months postpartum. New Jersey is using state funds to cover abortion for Medicaid beneficiaries. New Jersey also covers family planning services for people not otherwise eligible for Medicaid with incomes up to 205 percent of FPL.
Accessing Abortion Care
In 2020, 37 clinics provided abortions. In 2025, 28 clinics provided abortions in New Jersey. This number does not include hospitals or telehealth providers.
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are organizations—often operated by anti-abortion, nonmedical, and/or religiously affiliated groups—that aim to deter pregnant people from certain reproductive health care services, including abortion and some contraceptive methods. In 2023, there were 41 CPCs in New Jersey.
New Jersey does not have any of the following patient restrictions on abortion access:
New Jersey does not have any of the following abortion provider restrictions:
Accessing Contraceptive Care
According to Power to Decide, around 435,000 women of reproductive age in New Jersey live in contraceptive deserts, putting them at increased risk of a mistimed or unintended pregnancy.
New Jersey has the following protections for contraception access:
What to Watch For
In 2022, the New Jersey state legislature enacted legislation to “explicitly guarantee, to every individual, the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy, which includes the right to contraception, the right to terminate a pregnancy, and the right to carry a pregnancy to term.” The New Jersey Supreme Court has also ruled that “the right to choose whether to have an abortion... is a fundamental right of all pregnant women.”
1 Though we use the terminology of woman/women, we recognize that not all individuals capable of pregnancy identify as women.
