NJ Senate approves bill to protect reproductive, transgender healthcare

The bill is aimed at protecting abortion seekers and transgender healthcare patients, along with their medical providers, from legal and in-person threats.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 747

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The New Jersey Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at protecting abortion seekers and transgender healthcare patients, along with their medical providers, from legal and in-person threats, a move that comes nearly two years after the bill’s supporters first introduced the measure.

The bill would create a new crime of interfering with reproductive health services and expand the definition of those services to include healthcare for trans patients, building on existing laws …

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