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Should Hawaii Nurses Be Allowed To Perform Abortions? - Honolulu Civil Beat
Should Hawaii Nurses Be Allowed To Perform Abortions?
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand access to abortions by expanding the pool of providers beyond physicians. Reading time: 4 minutes.
The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill that would expand access to abortions by permitting advanced practice nurses to do the procedure in addition to physicians.
House Bill 576, which was passed by the House Consumer Protection Committee Wednesday, would authorize advanced nurse practitioners to perform aspiration abortions a procedure that involves suction to terminate an early pregnancy.
If passed, Hawaii would join a dozen other states that permit certain licensed providers to perform early in-clinic abortions, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Massachusetts.