This campaign is spearheaded by Garden State Equality in coalition with leading New Jersey reproductive freedom organizations.
Help trans people in New Jersey keep living healthy lives with full bodily autonomy.
Resist federal attacks against medically necessary, lifesaving gender-affirming healthcare.
Support the Reproductive Freedom & Health Equity Bill Package.
The Reproductive Freedom and Health Equity bill package, which was introduced in the summer of 2024, contains nine bills that would build on New Jersey’s existing healthcare protections.
Gender-affirming care is best-practice, medically necessary healthcare supported by all major medical associations. It improves mental health and quality of life, and is often lifesaving for those who can access it.
New Jersey has many protections in place, such as Gov. Murphy’s executive order making New Jersey a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare—but many of them are not codified in law, and could be overturned after this year’s gubernatorial election or upon a single court decision.
Trans people are disproportionately likely to face barriers to healthcare.
It’s crucial that protecting access to gender-affirming care be included in this bill package.
of trans adults had a negative experience related to being trans while seeking healthcare in the past year, like being refused care or physically mistreated.
of trans adults were denied coverage for gender-affirming healthcare or denied coverage for routine care due to being trans in the past year,
The current presidential administration and an upcoming Supreme Court case are the latest threats to medically necessary, lifesaving gender-affirming healthcare for trans people.
A January 28 Trump executive order directed federal agencies to illegally defund healthcare providers who provide gender-affirming medical treatments to anyone under 19.
These illegal, unethical policies aren’t even in force yet. But they’ve already had a chilling effect, causing providers to cancel appointments with trans patients.
This summer, the Supreme Court will issue a ruling on U.S. v. Skrmetti, a landmark case challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare that will have a nationwide impact.
Having protections in New Jersey is also crucial for the 39 percent of trans youth who live in states with gender-affirming care bans and may want to access care here.
states currently have bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
states impose penalties on medical providers for providing gender-affirming care.
Trans people and their families from across New Jersey share how being able to access gender-affirming care has helped them. Click the storyteller’s name to view their full narrative.
Let your legislators know that you support the Reproductive Freedom and Health Equity bill package, and that gender-affirming care must be part of it!
Please personalize your message to share why this issue is important to you.
Let us know how gender-affirming care has helped you or your loved ones—or how not being able to access it has affected you.
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The Reproductive Freedom and Health Equity bill package is comprised of nine bills.
The three bills listed below specifically have the potential to protect gender-affirming care for trans people in New Jersey.
Reproductive Care Coverage and Provider Protection (A4601/S3452)
Passed Senate
Right to Legally Protected Healthcare (A4656/S3491)
Introduced
Data Privacy (A4658/S3493)
Passed Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
The Jersey for Trans Healthcare campaign is spearheaded by
Garden State Equality
in coalition with:
Action Together New Jersey
Blue Wave New Jersey
Cherry Hill Women’s Center
HiTOPS
National Council of Jewish Women/Essex
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey
Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ