Legislation to strengthen protections for reproductive and transgender healthcare providers and patients is poised for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s approval following party-line votes by New Jersey lawmakers Tuesday.
The state Assembly approved the Democratic-sponsored measure to create a new crime of interfering with reproductive healthcare, which under the bill includes care for people who are transgender, by a vote of 55 to 23. The Senate also approved minor changes made by the Assembly by 25 to 15.
Jennifer Williams, a city council member in Trenton who is transgender, said she “could not be happier” with the outcome, given the years of advocacy by LGBTQ+ supporters.
Given that some states are trying to criminalize both and extend that reach across state lines, this sounds like it could be a fundamental cause for civil war.
After all, the last one was about whether civil rights should be extended universally or only to some.
Honestly, yeah. Those of us with a soul are absolutely done tolerating republicans’ hate, and we know damned well they aren’t capable of the level of compassion or self-reflection to improve. We also know from republicans that violence is an extremely effective tool to advance an agenda.
Some assholes in Mississippi are fuming right now over the freedoms these people have thousands of miles away from them.
Damnit New Jersey, why you gotta be doing things that make it harder to make fun of you?
Jersey has been stacking up wins for years now
Goddamn this ain’t Chris Christie’s New Jersey anymore
