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HI SCR206

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

4/1/2022

Primary Sponsor

Stanley Chang

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to strongly support passage of the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 117th Congress).

  • The Act protects a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and protects health care providers' ability to provide abortion services.

  • Resolution cites pending Supreme Court cases (Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization) that threaten the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade.

  • Identifies Texas Senate Bill No. 8 (2021), which prohibits abortions after detection of embryonic cardiac activity (approximately six weeks), and allows private citizens to sue abortion providers for at least $10,000 in damages.

  • Requires certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to each member of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Strongly Support Passage Of The Women's Health Protection Act Of 2021 To Protect The Right To Access And Provide Abortion Services.

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, McDermott, Okimoto voting no (3) and Representative(s) Hashimoto, McKelvey, Ward excused (3).

4/19/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs4/19/2022
Health, Human Services, & Homelessness4/4/2022
Health3/16/2022

Full Bill Text

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