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NJ A2731
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Andrea Katz
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AI Summary
- Expands New Jersey's fundamental reproductive rights law to explicitly include the right to use assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in vitro fertilization (IVF)
- Amends P.L.2021, c.375 to add ART access alongside existing protected rights to contraception, sterilization, and pregnancy decisions
- Prohibits any state, county, or local law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or order from limiting the constitutional right to reproductive choice, including ART
- Makes violations enforceable under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act
- Responds directly to the February 2024 Alabama Supreme Court ruling in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, which classified embryos as "extrauterine children"
Legislative Description
Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
2nd Reading in the Assembly
Last Action
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
3/9/2026
Committee Referrals
Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee1/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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