New Jersey Parental Notification for Pregnancy Medical Treatment Amendment (2014)
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The New Jersey Parental Notification for Pregnancy Medical Treatment Amendment did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have allowed the legislature to require parental or legal guardian notification before an unemancipated minor or incompetent child underwent any medical or surgical procedure or treatment relating to pregnancy. Two identical versions were sponsored in both houses of the legislature: Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 48. Both would have amended Article I of the New Jersey Constitution by adding a new paragraph to it: paragraph 23.[1][2]
Background
In 1999, the legislature enacted the Parental Notification for Abortion Act. In the case Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. Farmer, the New Jersey Supreme Court found the act unconstitutional. Part of the court's decision rested on constitutional language the court deemed "incorporates within its terms the right of privacy and its concomitant rights, including a woman's right to make certain fundamental choices." The court ruled that the 1999 act unconstitutionally differentiated between minors seeking abortions and those seeking medical and surgical care of their pregnancies. The measure language of both SCR 25 and ACR 48 specify that it was the intent of this amendment to overturn this court ruling.[1][2]
Text of measure
If the measure had been placed on the ballot in its introduced form, it would have appeared as follows:[1][2]
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Constitutional changes
The measure would have amended Article I of the New Jersey Constitution by adding a new paragraph to it. It would have read as follows:[1][2]
Support
The following assembly members and senators were sponsors and cosponsors of ACR 48 and SCR 25, respectively.
- Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26), sponsor
- Assemblyman John DiMaio (R-23), sponsor
- Sen. Steven Oroho (R-24), sponsor
- Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-1), sponsor
- Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose (R-24), cosponsor
- Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R-25), cosponsor
- Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R-23), cosponsor
- Assemblyman Michael Carroll (R-25), cosponsor
- Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24), cosponsor
- Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23), cosponsor
- Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-39), cosponsor
- Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-26), cosponsor
- Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-40), cosponsor
- Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-25), cosponsor
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
In New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments have two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature can either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions.
ACR 48 was introduced on January 16, 2014, and referred to the Women and Children Committee.[4] SCR 25 was introduced on January 14, 2014, and referred to the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 216th New Jersey Legislature, "Assembly Concurrent Resolution 48," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 216th New Jersey Legislature, "Senate Concurrent Resolution 25," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Open States, "New Jersey ACR 48, 2014-2015 Regular Session," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ Open States, "New Jersey SCR 25, 2014-2015 Regular Session," accessed June 25, 2014
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