Republicans in the legislature backed down,
Wonderful. Replace them with people who WANT to do it, not do it grudgingly.
That was a good thing, it allowed the clinics to have funds cut off.
Besides the governor, there are very few pro-life Republicans in statewide office in NJ.
The NJ GOP is more or less the definition of country club Republicanism, and in comparison the governor looks like a right winger.
The success of his governorship and the possibility of a Tea Party-driven Congressional upset in the 6th district will start to embolden actual NJ conservative Republicans.