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Q59 3’-V, Q ' a % \(V L“1I|’}fl‘Si*:-@.E__:__..‘R ‘°@M@ Swawm O >4I ‘Wn -6" OF‘ H4 4" . ‘Q59 3’-v, Q ' A % \(V l“1i|’}fl‘si*:[email protected]__:__..‘r ‘°@m@ swawm O >4I ‘Wn . X %?~@~c<a1»zaW“@ Testimony on behalf of the Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women Khara Jabola-Carolus, Executive Director Prepared for the Senate Committees on GVO/PSM In Opposition to HB1184 Tuesday, February 2, 2018 at 2:45 p.m. in Room 225 Dear Chairs Thielen and Nishihara, Vice Chairs Inouye and Wakai, and Honorable Members, The Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women wishes to mahalo you for holding this hearing today and for the opportunity to testify in opposition to HB1184, which would assess penalties to health care providers if they do not provide life -saving medical care during an abortion. Hawaiʻi was the first state in the nation to decriminalize abortion. Family planning is essential to women’s sexual and economic freedom. HB1184 is an anti-choice measure that is unnecessary and reflects a misbegotten national strategy to rollback access to safe, legal abortion in our state. Accordingly, the Commission ask the Committee to defer this measure. Sincerely, Khara Jabola-Carolus HB-1184 Submitted on: 2/5/2019 12:56:11 PM Testimony for HLT on 2/7/2019 8:30:00 AM Testifier Present at Submitted By Organization Position Hearing LGBT Caucus of the Michael Golojuch Jr Democratic Party of Oppose Yes Hawaii Comments: HB-1184 Submitted on: 2/5/2019 1:19:24 PM Testimony for HLT on 2/7/2019 8:30:00 AM Testifier Present at Submitted By Organization Position Hearing Younghi Overly AAUW of Hawaii Oppose No Comments: Dear Chair Mizuno, Vice Chair Kobayashi, and members of HLT Committee, We STRONGLY OPPOSE HB1184 for it is an anti-choice bill which would interfere with women's health decisions which should be left with a woman and her doctor. HB1184 could affect the rare cases where there is a severe fetal anomaly or a periviable/non- viable pregnancy where the family decides to end the pregnancy by labor induction and provide comfort measures to the neonate rather than futile resuscitation. HB1184 mirrors the anti-choice legislation that has been used in other states by the religious right and has no place in Hawaii. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) of Hawaii is a state-wide organization made up of six branches (Hilo, Honolulu, Kauai, Kona, Maui, and Windward Oahu) and includes just over 450 active members with over 1700 supporters statewide. As advocates for gender equity, AAUW of Hawaii promotes the economic, social, and physical well-being of all persons. Mahalo for your consideration. Planned f'ar_e|f|thuud' _I|Tl:| FTP: PIBIIINI PBNMMDIVHIBNOFUWIBQI BN1 HBIBT To: Hawaii State House of Representatives Committee on Health Hearing Date/Time: Thursday, February 7, 2019, 8:30 a.m. Place: Hawaii State Capitol, Rm. 329 Re: Testimony of Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii in strong opposition to H.B. 1184 Dear Chair Mizuno and Members of the Committee, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii (“PPVNH”) writes in strong opposition to H.B. 1184, which seeks to add harsh criminal penalties against medical providers in an attempt to discourage them from treating patients and prevent women from accessing safe, medically appropriate care. This measure is nothing more than another political attempt to criminalize abortion and curtail access to safe, legal reproductive health care. This bill is unnecessary and intentionally designed to politicize the provision of health care. Planned Parenthood physicians provide high-quality medical care and adhere to the most rigorous professional standards, including providing emergency care. ● Medical guidelines and ethics already compel physicians whose patients face life-threatening circumstances to respond. ● Doctors and clinicians oppose this law because it prevents them from giving the best care to their patients. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists strongly opposes this type of legislation, calling it “gross interference in the practice of medicine.” This is just another attempt to push an agenda that undermines people’s access to safe, legal abortion. Yet again, anti-abortion politicians are seeking to advance their extreme anti-women’s health agenda. ● This legislation is part of a broader agenda against women’s access to health care, accurate information, and bodily autonomy. ● This bill is intended to be inflammatory and is crafted by politicians who are trying to criminalize doctors’ medical care. ● Politicians at the state level have passed nearly 400 restrictions on abortion since 2011. This is all a part of the same effort. ● Politicians, not doctors, are pushing for this restriction, which undermines the ability of health care professionals to provide individualized care that’s right for each patient. Undermining access to safe, legal abortion is wildly out of touch with the majority of Americans. Politicians are putting women’s lives at risk to score political points through these dangerous measures strongly opposed by the majority of Americans. ● Support for Roe v. Wade is the highest ever, with seven out of 10 Americans saying they believe a woman should have the right to safe, legal abortion — that’s more popular than Congress, the Republican party, or the Democratic party. ● Anti-women’s health politicians are demonstrating they are out of touch with the majority of voters. The decision about if and when to become a parent should be up to a woman and her doctor. These decisions are deeply personal – we can’t pretend to know a woman’s circumstances or make those decisions for her. What we do know is that we must trust women to make these decisions. Please support Hawaii women’s access to safe, medically appropriate health care and vote no on this horribly misguided bill. Sincerely, Laurie Field Hawaii State Director 2 @ healthymothers ' healthybabies To: Committee on Health Hearing Date/Time: 2/7/19 at 8:30am Q) COALITION OF HAWAII Place: Conference room 329, State Capitol Re: TESTIMONY STRONGLY OPPOSING HB 1184 - RELATING TO INFANTS Dear Chair Mizuno and Vice Chair Kobayashi and members of the Committee, This anti-choice legislation has been used in other states in situations that come up very infrequently, and would criminalize doctors providing safe and effective medical care. This dangerous bill is part of a coordinated national strategy to eliminate access to abortion, and could actually affect those rare cases where there is a severe fetal anomaly (or a periviable/non-viable pregnancy) where the family decides to end the pregnancy by labor induction and provide comfort measures to the neonate rather than futile resuscitation. HB 1184 adds harsh criminal penalties against medical providers in an attempt to discourage them from treating patients and thus, prevent women from accessing safe, medically appropriate care. This measure is nothing more than a political attempt to criminalize abortion and curtail access to safe, legal reproductive health care. This bill is unnecessary and intentionally designed to politicize the provision of health care; disrupting high-quality medical care decisions made between a patient and her doctor. ● Medical guidelines and ethics already compel physicians whose patients face life- threatening circumstances to respond. ● Doctors and clinicians oppose this law because it prevents them from giving the best care to their patients. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) strongly opposes this type of legislation, calling it “gross interference in the practice of medicine.” This is just another attempt to push an agenda that undermines people’s access to safe, legal abortion. ● This legislation is part of a broader agenda against women’s access to health care, accurate information, and bodily autonomy. ● This bill is intended to be inflammatory and is crafted by people who are trying to criminalize doctor's medical care. ● Politically-motivated individuals, not doctors, are pushing for this restriction, which undermines the ability of health care professionals to provide individualized care that’s right for each patient. Undermining access to safe, legal abortion is wildly out of touch with the majority of Americans and puts women’s lives at risk through dangerous measures. Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies 245 N Kukui St., #102A, Honolulu, HI 96817 www.hmhb-hawaii.org (808) 737-5805 • Support for Roe v. Wade is the highest ever, with seven out of 10 Americans saying they believe a woman should have the right to safe, legal abortion — that’s more popular than Congress, the Republican party, or the Democratic party. ● Attempts to restrict a woman’s personal health care decisions demonstrates a lack of touch with the majority of voters. We stand in strong opposition of HB 1184 and respectfully urge your Committee not to pass this bill. Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony. Sincerely, Lisa Kimura Executive Director Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies 245 N Kukui St., #102A, Honolulu, HI 96817 www.hmhb-hawaii.org (808) 737-5805 HB-1184 Submitted on: 2/5/2019 10:51:03 PM Testimony for HLT on 2/7/2019 8:30:00 AM Testifier Present at Submitted By Organization Position Hearing Midwives Alliance of Midwives Alliance of Oppose No Hawaii Hawaii Comments: We STRONGLY OPPOSE HB1184. We do not support anti-abortion bills, which this is. We support informed choice, and that choice is made by the woman. We do not support any violation of the woman's privacy in her decision making regarding her reproductive choice. We request you defer this bill immediately. If the state wants to ensure that women have acess to reproductive choices without barriers, the state could save the funds they would spend on these futile life-saving measures and provide universal access to all birth control as well as enforce the state requirement for medically accurate reproductive education.
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