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The so-called “health care” bill, introduced in January has now passed its third hearing in the House, but there is still time to stop its Senate companion. Don’t let the innocent title fool you. This legislation is about creating a malpractice sanctuary where doctors who deliver botched gender-affirming procedures and face lawsuits elsewhere can set up shop in Hawaii with zero fear of real accountability. It supercharges the 2023 reproductive shield law for gender-affirming

HB264 obliterates that playbook. By banning any consideration of gender affirmation (or non-affirmation) in Hawaii custody decisions, it yanks the rug out from under the the state's efforts to legalize kidnapping.

Five Bills have been introduced to continue imposing new regulations for midwives and birthing practitioners in Hawaii.

The proposed HI bill intertwines politics with the Hawaii healthcare system to the extent of legalizing interstate kidnapping.