The New American website reports today (November 3, 2011) that a dozen nurses in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against their employer, charging that they were forced to assist with abortions.
According to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) -- the conservative legal advocacy group representing the nurses -- the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) initiated a policy in September requiring that nurses serving in its Same Day Surgery Unit to assist with abortion procedures or face losing their jobs.
ADF noted that "federal law prohibits hospitals that receive certain federal funds from forcing employees to participate in abortions."
Moreover, New Jersey law states: "No person shall be required to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion or sterilization."
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