Bill would repeal 2026 safeguards for reproductive care patients and providers

It would repeal the 2026 law’s interference crime and the civil lawsuit it authorized. Both measures addressed interference with reproductive health care services. The repeal would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.

It would remove specific bans on licensing board penalties and malpractice insurer actions. These bans covered New Jersey license holders and insured health care providers licensed, certified, or registered in the state. The board ban covered penalties based solely on a provider’s reproductive health care activity. The insurer ban covered action based on a patient living in a state where the care was illegal, or on another state’s discipline solely for care that state prohibited. The bans would end immediately if the bill becomes law.

It would remove the 2026 limit on New Jersey agencies helping with certain federal investigations or cases. The limit concerned federal cases seeking penalties for reproductive care legal in New Jersey or for helping someone obtain that care. The ban on agency help with other states’ cases would remain. The removed federal limit applied only as far as federal law allowed. It did not apply to conduct punishable under New Jersey law or to help required by a valid court order or law. The federal limit would end immediately if the bill becomes law.