Children at Risk, Medical Professionals Unaccountable, Objections Now Criminal
Caption Above: Senate Health Committee, Monday, May 11, 2026
This week, the Senate and Assembly Health Committees held hearings on S2260 and A2218. The original bills would have effectively codified infanticide by removing long‑standing protections that allow law enforcement to investigate any fetal death when no medical professional is present. They also stated that “a fetus shall have no independent rights under the laws of this state.” Thankfully, those inhumane provisions were removed.
But what remains is still deeply troubling.
The substitute bills now create a legal shield blocking out‑of‑state investigations into whether a child brought to New Jersey for gender‑transition procedures had parental consent before receiving puberty blockers, cross‑sex hormones, or undergoing the removal of healthy breasts or genitals. And although New Jersey could investigate what happens to these children, I am not confident Attorney General Jennifer Davenport will hold providers like Planned Parenthood accountable. Doing so would expose the extremism of our abortion laws and our state’s permissive approach to irreversible sex‑rejection procedures on minors.
The new language also hides “gender‑affirming care” under the broader term “reproductive health care services,” defined to include supporting a “person’s alignment with their gender identity or expression.” This is a deliberate attempt to obscure what the bill protects. But in trying to conceal it, the bill unintentionally highlights the most serious consequence: these procedures leave children permanently sterile, with reproductive systems irreversibly damaged. This is a harm no child can understand or consent to.
Even worse, the bill makes it a fourth‑degree crime to “interfere” with late‑term abortion or gender‑transition procedures if a clinic claims your speech or actions harmed their reputation or caused financial loss. This is a direct attempt to silence dissent. I saw it firsthand on Monday, when only one side was allowed to freely speak in the Senate Health Committee.
You can read about my experience in my Op‑Ed “A Political Structure that Suppresses Dissenting Viewpoints” at SaveJersey.com!
View my testimony from the Assembly Health Committee on our Facebook page.
It’s not too late to contact your legislators to oppose these bills. They passed out of the Health Committees, but they have not been voted on by both chambers. Use our Action Alert system to tell them to vote NO!
