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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to invest at least $50 million much of it in new funding on programs to help vulnerable women access reproductive health care, including contraception, delivery services and insurance coverage for up to a year after they give birth.
The proposals are included in Murphy’s state budget proposal for the coming year, administration officials said, and reflect his commitment to improve maternal mortality outcomes and reduce racial disparities in New Jersey, where Black women are more than four times as likely as white women to die as a result of childbirth. (New state data scheduled to be released soon suggests the disparity may now be almost 50% higher, according to the First Lady’s Office.)