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Committee advances interstate reproductive-health compact despite objections over extradition and state autonomy
Summary
Assembly Bill 3418, to enter New Jersey into a multistate reproductive-health compact, was released with committee amendments after testimony warned it could shield bad actors, curtail data collection and cede state autonomy to other member-state citizens and attorneys general.
The Assembly Committee on Community Development and Women's Affairs voted to release Assembly Bill 3418 with committee amendments after a contested hearing in which opponents said the compact could shield human traffickers, reduce accountability for medical providers and surrender aspects of New Jersey’s legal autonomy to citizens of other member states.
Committee staff said the bill would enter New Jersey into a women’s reproductive-health care compact. Proposed amendments clarify protections against external collection of identifiable data and correct a case citation in the bill summary. Opponents, including New Jersey Right to Life and the New Jersey Family Policy…
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