New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on Shielding Anti-Abortion Centers from Oversight

Lawmakers should prioritize ensuring Granite Staters can access evidence-based, nonjudgmental reproductive health care

CONCORD (April 28, 2026) – Reproductive Equity Now’s New Hampshire State Director, Christina Warriner Hamilton, released the following statement in advance of a public hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Shielding So-Called “Pregnancy Resource Centers” from Future Oversight (HB 1416), legislation that would bind future legislatures from regulating facilities that often promote anti-abortion disinformation. 

“Last month, legislators rejected a bill that would have protected abortion providers and patients in New Hampshire from out-of-state legal action for care that is lawful under state law,” said Christina Warriner Hamilton, New Hampshire State Director for Reproductive Equity Now. “Yet today, they are considering legislation that would shield anti-abortion centers from oversight and regulation. Anti-abortion centers often present themselves as resources for people facing unplanned pregnancies, but in reality, they often exist to dissuade people from accessing abortion care, and frequently use abortion stigma and medical disinformation to do so. It is morally inconsistent to deny protections for abortion providers and patients while advancing legislation that limits accountability for anti-abortion entities. Lawmakers should prioritize ensuring Granite Staters can access evidence-based, nonjudgmental reproductive health care.”

The Reproductive Equity Now Foundation is working to expose the centers that lean on anti-abortion tactics to delay and prevent people from seeking the health care they want, need, and deserve. Reproductive Equity Now Foundation has a toolkit that breaks down what these centers are, how they operate, and how to spot them. In New Hampshire, anti-abortion centers outnumber abortion-providing reproductive health care clinics 3 to 1. 

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