Abortion Practice in New Jersey: Legal Risks and Protections, FREE Webinar on Dec. 13th
Posted about 2 years ago by Victoria Eftychiou in Educational
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POSTED ON BEHALF OF METTA CAHILL, NJ Nurse Midwife, we are posting this timely information for your review, regarding reproductive health care services in NJ."
Hello to FNAP members,
Please let me know if you would like to be included. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. I am adding the invitation to the ZOOM webinar which I hope you will send to your membership.
I am a member of the legislative committee of the NJ Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNMNJ) and represent ACNMNJ on THRIVE NJ, a coalition of 80+ organizations which has been working together for a few years promoting progressive reproductive rights legislation in NJ. I got your contact info from a midwife-colleague, Linda Locke.
As everyone on this email is aware, the NJ Board of Medical Examiners expanded the categories of healthcare providers who can render abortion services in NJ to include APNs, CNMs, CMs and PAs. Each of our professional organizations has either settled the scope of practice issue inherent in this skill set for its members or is working on the issue presently.
The new challenge for all of us is gaining knowledge about the legal challenges inherent in provision of abortion service in the post-Roe era. How do we continue to provide optimum services for our New Jersey clients as individuals from states which ban or restrict abortions cross the border seeking abortion services from us in New Jersey? How do out-of-state abortion seekers, or those that assist them, best protect themselves? What legal risks are inherent in providing abortion services to out-of-state individuals, and what risk mitigation strategies can I employ.
I think you will be relieved to know that a group of reproductive rights attorneys in NJ have been concentrating on that issue and are offering their legal guidance to all NJ non-MD providers pro-bono. These attorneys also man a free Reproductive Hotline available to abortion seekers, abortion helpers and abortion providers. One of the attorneys, Catherine Weiss, from the Lowenstein and Sandler firm, spoke to the THRIVE NJ coalition and met separately with myself and several members of the New Jersey State Society for Physicians Assistants (NJSSPA).
Catherine's law firm has graciously offered to provide a free 90-minute Zoom webinar to interested members of both of our organizations, ACNMNJ and NJSSPA, to explain the legal risks in reproductive care and provide risk-mitigation strategies. The Zoom webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, December 13th, 7 pm to 8:30 PM EST. Preregistration will be required but there will be no fee and no CEUs granted. Catherine's law firm is creating a flyer that we can use for distribution.
Please let me know if you would like to be included. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. I am adding the invitation to the ZOOM webinar which I hope you will send to your membership.
Best,
Metta Cahill
609-947-1047
Abortion Practice in New Jersey: Legal Risks and Protections
Tuesday December 13
7−8:30 P.M.
You are invited to a webinar to learn about the legal risks and protections associated with abortion practice, counseling, and referral following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
The webinar will focus on how advanced practice clinicians in New Jersey can best protect themselves and their patients, especially patients who travel to New Jersey from states where abortion is now criminal. The webinar will be presented by Jeanne LoCicero, legal director of the ACLU-NJ, Catherine Weiss, chair of the pro bono practice at Lowenstein Sandler, and other legal experts.
To join the webinar, please register at URL below.
Posted by: V. Eftychiou, APN