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New_Stats OP t1_ixa5yka wrote

But abortion advocates say there is no need to rush through a complicated and monumental amendment in a final, end-of-the-year sprint in order to win legislative approval — a first and crucial step before getting it placed on next November's ballot. They argue that the state Supreme Court has already affirmed the right to an abortion in cases over the past 40 years, and those protections were codified in a landmark state law enacted last January.

"While there are, of course, other states that may need to amend their constitution, to create the right to an abortion, New Jersey isn't in that situation," said Amol Sinha, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, on Friday "It wouldn't necessarily create anything new for us."

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We all know that supreme courts can get new justices and overturn precedent if they feel like it, we literally just watched it happen. We need the right to an abortion, a human right, enshrined in our state constitution.

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Regayov t1_ixaq6a0 wrote

> We all know that supreme courts can get new justices and overturn precedent if they feel like it, we literally just watched it happen.

The part you quoted said that the state Supreme Court and Legislature has affirmed the legal access to abortion. Making it a constitutional amendment would add another layer of protections but one that is largely unnecessary in the short term given the makeup of those two entities.

> They argue that the state Supreme Court has already affirmed the right to an abortion in cases over the past 40 years, and those protections were codified in a landmark state law enacted last January.

So they’re saying “don’t rush, get it right”. > abortion advocates say there is no need to rush through a complicated and monumental amendment in a final, end-of-the-year sprint in order to win legislative approval

That’s not a bad thing.

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