Life

... Bill Tracking at the Legislature Begins ....

...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....

…More than 100 Democratic politicians urge DNC to reform abortion platform….

...The Hawaii Department of Health urges the government to remove safeguards....

...adjournment Sine Die....

...Friday July 10, 2020 Adjournment Sine Die....

"...As always, we are responding quickly to the needs and opportunities of the times...."

...Reality Check: None of the vaccine tests currently underway involve the use of dead baby parts....

...the assisted suicide expansion bill (SB 2582) and the mandated reproductive "health" bill (SB 2539)....

...Legislative Crossing: Bills Start Over Again in the Opposite Chamber....

...some of the bills we have been tracking are dead....

...The court upheld the Trump administration’s June 2019 declaration that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions or be stripped of their Title X funding....

...1st Decking: One Week Away--Good and Bad Bills on the Move....

...Assisted Suicide: 3 modified safeguards now only 2....

...Assisted Suicide Expansion Bills - Safeguards: Going, Going, Gone....

...Safe Haven for Newborns Passes First Committee....

...January 23rd - Bill Introduction Cutoff Last day for a bill to be filed with the House or Senate Clerk....

...Hawaii Family Advocates intends to monitor the Hawaii Legislature and testify and otherwise weigh in on bills....

...2019’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....

...Gabbard conceded that abortion should not be permitted during the last three months of pregnancy unless the mother was at severe risk....

...until just a few months ago, Hawaii was trying to force churches to promote abortion.  Now....

... Can the government mandate that groups or individuals speak a message with which they fundamentally disagree? ....

...Hawaii Department of Health releases six-month progress report on Our Care, Our Choice Act....

...the Governor has indicated his discomfort with the bill....

...“And then, the boys who were there among the sixty, I told them, you know, it’s kind of hard for a woman to get pregnant without you guys,” she said....

...a Final Rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which seeks to expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses’ or employees’ “religious beliefs or moral convictions....”

...On Thursday, May 3, 2019, the 30th legislative session closed.... 

...Sine Die May 2--What happens next at the Governor's Office?....

...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....

...Upcoming Legislative Deadlines....

...“Maybe they shouldn't post lies about Planned Parenthood selling baby body parts."....

...Sex-Change 'Conversion Therapy' Ban Passes Full Senate....

...Trump Admin Awards $5.1 Million to Group of Pro-life Medical Clinics, Cuts Funding to Planned Parenthood....

...Suicide Prevention and Palliative Care bills still moving....

...An investigation of complaints made against the state of Hawaii came to a close this month after Hawaii Attorney General Clare Connors issued a memorandum stating that her department will not enforce a controversial law....

... We believe these bills are unconstitutional ....

...Hawaii district court strikes down law targeting pro-life pregnancy centers....

...Since its creation in 2009, the TPP Program has provided nearly $1 billion....

... SB415 -- Abortion Expansion Bill Changes Focus ....

...CROSSOVER: Bills alive move to the opposite chamber....

...As of the end of January, two hundred and eighty-three women had received TelAbortions, a hundred and fifty-eight of them in Hawaii....

... Under the new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, providers in any clinic that receives Title X funding will be barred from referring a patient for an abortion ....

...decriminalization of marijuana is not the same as marijuana legalization....

...four bills amend Hawaii's Age of Consent Law to allow minors to 'consent' to sex-change procedures without parental notification....

...Several bills to educate the community on suicide prevention are making their way through the legislative process....

...In the State of Hawaii we protect turtle eggs and other animals, and yet we don’t give the same protections to our young humans....

...Planned Parenthood Has Plans for Hawaii....

... it is the first time in many years that a PRO-LIFE bill was actually heard in a committee ....