Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the state from cooperating with out-of-state abortion and gender affirming care lawsuits in Rhode Island.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the state from cooperating with out-of-state abortion and gender-affirming care lawsuits in Rhode Island (Sec. 2-16).

• Establishes legal protections for the state’s health care system, doctors, other medical care providers, and patients from hostile out-of-state laws that could negatively impact the delivery of care to individual patients in the state (Sec. 2-16).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 17).

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