Clinic Offering Late-Term Abortion Care Could Open in New Jersey Next Year
One of the few US reproductive-health clinics to offer abortion services at any time will open in New Jersey in summer 2026. To keep patients in state instead of referring them out, two experienced professionals support the new clinic.
Despite its reputation as an abortion “safe haven,” doctors say New Jersey has no clinic that conducts terminations after 28 weeks. Due to the ban, late-term pregnant women fly to other states. The nonprofit Hudson County facility wants to be the state’s first “all-trimester” abortion provider.
An abortion-certified doctor and nurse practitioner will run the clinic, which will be licensed by the state health department and funded by grants and donations. Tens of thousands of grassroots donors have donated to fundraising. Gender-affirming, OB-GYN, and HIV assistance are available along with late-term abortion care.
Despite the fact that just 1% of abortions occur at or after 21 weeks, advocacy groups feel thousands of patients still need this care. Late pregnancy diagnosis, fetal or maternal health issues, and practical issues like travel and financing disproportionately affect marginalized people.
Clinicians worry about late-term abortionist training. Training practitioners at the new institution will enhance access to this service. Postponed surgeries are typically not about “choice at the very end” but for the same reasons women seek abortion in the first trimester, just later.
Few East Coast facilities offer all-trimester abortions, so the facility could reduce strain on existing physicians. Patients cross state lines for care while legal restrictions rise in several jurisdictions. The new New Jersey clinic may reduce this burden and expand access.
Political and regulatory problems threaten the clinic. A new New Jersey law guaranteed abortion rights, thus reducing access would require legislative permission. The governor race is uncertain: one contender would ban late-term abortion after 20 weeks save for rape, incest, or maternal health issues. Politics may alter state licensing, restrictions, and clinic funding.
The clinic’s owners believe they will serve state patients despite the uncertainties. They promise to “fight any type of ban” and emphasize patient care and community involvement. As licensing, financing, and politics change, New Jersey may add a groundbreaking late-term abortion center.
Sources
New Jersey Advance Media / NJ.com
Breitbart News
Insider NJ
