“Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court gave women the fundamental right to make their own reproductive health decisions. Today’s backward decision by the Court eliminates that right to bodily autonomy and privacy. 

“New Jersey continues to offer reproductive health services and Governor Murphy has stated that he will take the necessary steps to protect the reproductive health care rights of women of New Jersey and of those who come here because they have lost that freedom in their home state.  

“Now is the time to act and make your voice heard. We must send a message to our leaders making clear that we expect them to protect a woman’s right to choose and ensure that no woman or girl is denied that right. This decision could have consequences beyond abortion rights. Let this moment in time energize us to go to the polls and vote for candidates who protect instead of erode the rights of all. ”

Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes