Bill targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers hits a snag

New Jersey lawmakers wanted to crack down on what they call deceptive advertising by crisis pregnancy centers. Instead, they've irked the medical community.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 1,043

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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New Jersey legislators’ effort to salvage a controversial bill targeting crisis pregnancy centers would make all health care providers subject to the state’s consumer fraud act, from which they’re now exempt.

The bill was intended to crack down on anti-abortion, faith-based pregnancy centers that use what critics call deceptive advertising to lure and persuade vulnerable women not to end their pregnancies.

But after a chain of centers sued to stop a …

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