No payments for medical assistance shall be made under the act hereby supplemented for the termination of a woman's pregnancy for any reason except where it is medically indicated to be necessary to preserve the woman's life. In any case where a pregnancy is so terminated, the act shall be performed in a hospital and the physician performing the act shall submit in writing a report to the division stating in detail his reasons for finding it necessary to terminate the pregnancy.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 30:4D-6.1
Abortions; payment of claims
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Dodge v. Department of Social Services (1982)
Most recently applied in Dodge v. Department of Social Services (July 1982)
L.1975, c. 261, s. 1, eff
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