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The Senate Chambers will have HB2739 HD1 on the agenda (we have no idea where it will be on the agenda) when session opens tomorrow, March 29, 2018, at 11:30 a.m....

...The assisted suicide bill passed 4-1 unamended by the Senate Judiciary Committee....

...On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room #016....

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a First Amendment challenge Tuesday to a California law requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post information about state-funded abortions.... Hawaii and Illinois have similar laws....

...Assisted Suicide passes Senate Committee, Gay Therapy Ban passes House Committee....

...The State appealed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, arguing that Hawaii's wrongful death statute limits recovery for "the death of a person," and that the fetus did not qualify....

...Friday, March 16, 2018,  8:30 – 11:25 a.m., Conference Room 229, State Capitol....

...HB2739 has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Health and Senate Judiciary....

...Mallory received backlash for attending Farrakhan's annual Saviours' Day address, an event where the Nation of Islam leader attacked "that Satanic Jew," called Jews "the mother and father of apartheid," and proclaimed that "when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door...."

... Rep. Tupola offers amendments to HB 2739 ....

...After 4 Hours of Testimony, Democrats take 13 minutes to PASS HB-2739 HD1 out of committee....

...We will have more opportunities to voice our concerns in the remaining half of this session....

...All members of the committees voted “yes” on the bill, except Rep. Andria Tupola and Rep. Bob McDermott .... We were asked to vote without our members having seen a written draft of the revised bill....

...Committee members asked some very telling questions that identified loopholes that still remain in the bill.  The Attorney General's representative couldn't definitively state that all their concerns from the 2017 version were resolved in this current version that is supposed to have more robust protections.... 

...House Bill 4135 passed the Oregon Senate 17-12. While the stated intent of the bill’s authors was to update the advance directive, it also paves the way for healthcare representatives to remove access to food and water for vulnerable Oregonians with dementia and Alzheimer’s....

... Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide ....

...House Health & Human Services and House Judiciary Committee have scheduled a joint hearing on HB2739--assisted suicide--Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 10:30 a.m. in Hawaii State Capitol auditorium.... 

...Marijuana Edibles Passes First Committee in the Senate....

...Many bills are moving through the legislative process....

...Three suicide bills that were introduced this session by House members have been assigned to a JOINT committee hearing of the Health & Judiciary committees....

...Suicide Prevention Month Bill Clears First Committee....

...The assisted suicide bills from 2017 are still alive and we expect new bills to be introduced....

...On January 15, 1998, Hawaii Family Forum was incorporated....

...look for the following bills to be revived in the 2018 legislative session....

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on a California law that forces pro-life pregnancy care centers to provide free advertising for the abortion industry....

Three doctors, specializing in pediatrics, biology, and psychiatry, are criticizing what they say is the reliance on feelings over facts ....

...The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that require a doctor's prescription to get an abortion pill....

Hawaii has enacted such a law and it is under challenge in federal district court. ...

“This is an important case because Hawaii goes even further than California did, and they are clearly singling out pregnancy centers....” 

“No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry"

...federal law does not allow states that receive federal funding to force pro-life healthcare professionals to act against their conscience or religious beliefs....

...The recent images from Charlottesville, VA-marches by torchlight, Nazi salutes, armed militia, angry mobs engaged in violent confrontation-are scary for adults to encounter, let alone children....

...Injunction suspends enforcement of law which ‘targets free speech rights’....

...Faith-based pregnancy centers file suit against Hawaii law, say it forces abortion promotion....

All five of Hawaii’s pro-life pregnancy centers will be forced to choose between advertising free abortions and defying the state’s demands starting Wednesday July 12, 2017....

...Honor and Respect: We Will Remember....

“When the Supreme Court rejected Texas’ abortion safety standards, abortion advocates celebrated, but they ignored the fine print....”

... SB501 Mandatory Abortion Promotion -- How They Voted ....

The bill will have it's final reading in the House on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, during the 9:00 a.m. Floor Session.  The Senate reading is also scheduled for May 2, 2017, during the 10:00 a.m. Floor Session....

... MAY 4, 2017 -- ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE ....

With only 10 of Hawaii’s 51 state representatives voting against SB 501, the measure will now go back to the state senate for a review of amendments....

Compelling licensed professionals to speak the government’s message is dangerous....

...Upcoming Legislative Dates....

The watered down version of SB501 (Relating to Health) has been scheduled for a hearing in the conference committee tomorrow (04-21-17) at 1:00PM in conference room 016....

With only 10 of Hawaii's 51 state representatives voting against SB 510....

10 House Members voted against the measure....

On March 6 Hawai’i Free Press carried an article reporting on SB501: “Hawaii lawmakers are censoring pro-lifers who were defending free speech”.  Now the Attorney General has weighed in....

... Tuesday April 11 at 9AM ....