Bill to shield transgender patients, medical providers moves closer to final OK

An assembly panel advanced a bill to protect reproductive and transgender care providers and patients following passionate testimony Thursday.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: May 14, 2026

Words: 972

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday intended to protect abortion patients and people being treated for gender dysphoria, along with their medical providers, from civil and criminal liabilities.

The Assembly Health Committee voted 8-3 along party lines to approve the Democratic-sponsored measure following hours of testimony largely in favor of the measure, much of it from parents who described how access to gender identity-related care saved the lives of their children.

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