Hawaii's health industry addresses Maui's maternal care crisis
Advocates say long-term solutions are needed to address a chronic shortage of obstetricians on the Valley Isle which persisted even before the wildfires.
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Advocates say long-term solutions are needed to address a chronic shortage of obstetricians on the Valley Isle which persisted even before the wildfires.
A Supreme Court decision restricting use of the pill could make it difficult if not impossible for many Hawaii women to get an abortion.
At least for now, Hawaii isn’t following other Democratic states in scrambling to stockpile abortion pills as they wait for federal courts to wrestle over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of the drug.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services advanced two bills relating to reproductive health this week. HPR’s Zoe Dym reports on the proposals that could impact the safety of out-of-state patients who receive an abortion in Hawaiʻi.
A Kauai doctor's lawsuit recently helped expand access. But there are still plenty of hurdles, particularly on the neighbor islands.