Life

... life expectancy at birth in Hawaii is 82.3 years, the highest among states and well above the comparable national average of 79.2 years ....

... Since legalization, a total of 59 people have died after taking advantage of the Our Care Our Choice Act ....

... APR 29 - ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE .... 

... Governor Ige Signs Abortion Expansion Bill ....

... House Bill 576, allows advanced practice registered nurses to do first-trimester abortions either with abortion drugs or by the surgical aspiration method ....

... Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: We Need your Kokua ....

... Abortion Expansion Bill on the Way to Governor ....

... Bullet Dodged on Problematic Bills ....

... Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places ....

... abortion, drugs, suicide ....

... SB839 Assisted Suicide Expansion Bill NARROWLY Passes Senate Judiciary ....

... drugs, gambling, abortion ....

... Lottery, Casino, Suicide ....

... upcoming hearings ....

... abortion, gambling and suicide on legislative agenda ....

... 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....