#Abortion
Hawai‘i groups seek government travel bans to 20 states, citing public employee safety
Eleven organizations co-signed a letter to Gov. Josh Green; mayors Kawakami, Blangiardi, Bissen and Roth; State Board of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi; and University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner.
U.S. Sen. Hirono votes against rule taking away veterans’ reproductive freedom
U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono has voted against a Republican-led effort to overturn the Department of Veterans Affairs’ interim rule on reproductive health care.
Full protection for FDA-approved abortion drug access remains intact in several states including Hawai‘i
On Thursday, Judge Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order reiterating that his injunction protecting access to mifepristone in Hawaiʻi and 17 other states remains in full force and effect notwithstanding recent orders by courts in Texas.
U.S. Sen. Hirono pushes to prevent federal assistance for abortion surveillance
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaiʻi led 30 of her colleagues in pushing to prevent local and state law enforcement from using federal assistance to surveil or investigate individuals receiving or providing abortion care.