{"id":243336,"date":"2021-04-14T19:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T00:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=243336"},"modified":"2021-04-14T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:32:07","slug":"hawaii-governor-allowing-non-physicians-commit-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hawaii-governor-allowing-non-physicians-commit-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii governor signs law allowing non-physicians to commit abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hawaii Governor David Ige signed into law a controversial bill that will allow non-physicians to commit abortions. The law went into effect immediately.<\/p>\n

According to ABC News<\/a>, Hawaii only allowed physicians to commit abortions prior to this, but due to a shortage of doctors<\/a> on the Hawaiian islands, the state will now change the rules to allow APRNs (advanced practice registered nurses) to commit first-trimester abortions, including administering the abortion pill and carrying out D&C or aspiration abortions.<\/p>\n

Both the abortion pill and aspiration abortion carry risks, and the abortion pill has been found to be four times more dangerous<\/a> than first-trimester surgical abortion for women. Risks during a D&C include damage to surrounding organs such as intestines and bladder, uterine puncture, hemorrhaging, infection, and death. Risks of the abortion bill include hemorrhaging, incomplete abortion, infection, and death.<\/p>\n

Pro-life group The Hawaii Life Alliance<\/a> shared concerns over the safety of allowing non-doctors to commit surgical abortions. While the abortion industry touts abortion as safe, women have died from complications of abortion even in the first trimester, including Cree Erwin-Sheppard<\/a>, who died following a first-trimester abortion at a Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 2016.<\/p>\n

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