New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation on Aug. 20 to shore up protections for gender-affirming care and abortion rights, making the Garden State the latest state to further safeguard reproductive and trans care in the face of threats from the federal government.
The legislation protects both patients and providers from out-of-state legal proceedings related to gender-affirming care and abortion rights and aims to ban any interference to such care within the state. The legislation directly intertwines reproductive care and gender-affirming care by adding gender-affirming care to the definition of protected reproductive healthcare services.
