Advocates say long-term solutions are needed to address a chronic shortage of obstetricians on the Valley Isle which persisted even before the wildfires.
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.