HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	80
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

Requesting the Department of Health and the Hawaii Medical Board adopt rules requiring abortion clinics to provide Ultrasounds to the mother before performing an abortion for the health and well-being of the mother.

WHEREAS, ultrasounds are convenient, painless, yield immediate, extensive results, and are widely considered to be safe; and

WHEREAS, ultrasounds are needed to confirm you have a viable pregnancy; and

WHEREAS, the type of abortion available to the mother is determined by the age of the fetus, and an ultrasound is required to determine that age; and

WHEREAS, ultrasounds are important to check for pregnancy complications, including ectopic pregnancy, and molar pregnancy; and

WHEREAS, ectopic pregnancy is where a fetus is growing outside of the uterus and within the fallopian tube; and

WHEREAS, fourteen states currently require ultrasounds before abortions, with six of those requiring the provider to display and describe the image; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that the Department of Health and Hawaii Medical Board adopt rules for all providers of abortion services to provided ultrasounds to the mother before performing an abortion for the health and well-being of the mother; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Health and the Hawaii Medical Board.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Requesting the Department of Health and the Hawaii Medical Board adopt rules requiring abortion clinics to provide Ultrasounds to the mother before performing an abortion for the health and well-being of the mother