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Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation expanding access to abortion. It also puts into law recent executive orders protecting local health care providers from prosecution by out-of-state authorities.
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The widely debated state abortion bill passed its final committee hearing in the Senate on Wednesday, with major advocates such as U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda in attendance. Senate Bill 1 seeks to codify an existing state order that protects doctors who perform abortions in Hawaiʻi from legal repercussions for giving care to out-of-state patients.
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State Senators and abortion-rights advocates gathered in front of the Patsy T. Mink statue at the Hawaiʻi State Library in Honolulu on Tuesday to recognize a bill that would protect out-of-state patients and doctors who receive or perform abortions in Hawaiʻi from being penalized.
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The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services advanced two bills relating to reproductive health this week. HPR’s Zoe Dym reports on the proposals that could impact the safety of out-of-state patients who receive an abortion in Hawaiʻi.
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As part of an ongoing project with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History, we bring you voices from Hawaiʻi’s history centered around a different theme each month. Stay tuned for more.
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It’s been a little more than a week since Election Day, and while the national picture remains a bit unsettled, Hawaiʻi's political outlook is pretty clear. It’s dominated by Democrats — that’s been the story since shortly before statehood. As part of our ongoing project with the UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, we hear insights from two politicians about the legacy of progressives in Hawaiʻi.
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Gov. David Ige has signed an executive order that aims to prevent other states from punishing their residents who get an abortion in the islands. It also aims to stop other states from sanctioning doctors and nurses who provide such care in Hawaiʻi.
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The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the federal right to abortion this summer. While that banned the procedure in many states, it remains legal in Hawaiʻi — but access continues to be an issue. Now, the Hawaiʻi Abortion Collective has made an official guide to abortion access.
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An ob-gyn and nurse-midwife are gearing up to open an all-trimester abortion clinic near Washington, D.C. They aim to provide abortions later in pregnancy and serve women from states with bans.
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The symbol of the post-Roe era might not be coat hangers. It may instead be prison bars.