[Active-l] (ACTION ITEM) (KENTUCKY) (HAWAI'I) One anti-abortion ban, one pro-abortion-rights bill

[R'ykandar Korra'ti]

	KENTUCKY and HAWAI'I residents should be aware that the fundamentalist 
group Focus on the Family has sent out an action item to all members 
requesting state support in Kentucky for HB489, a comprehensive ban on 
abortion, and state opposition in Hawai'i for HB1242 HD1, which loosens 
restrictions on abortion. I recommend opposing the Kentucky bill and 
supporting the Hawai'i bill if you are in the appropriate state.
					- Dara

States Consider Abortion Bills
Kentucky, Hawaii consider bills with opposite goals.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
by Mona Passignano, state issues analyst

http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/statenews/a0039917.cfm

SUMMARY: Kentucky ponders strengthening while Hawaii
considers loosening laws regulating abortions.

Both the Hawaii and Kentucky Legislatures are considering
abortion bills that would greatly impact the number of
abortions.

In Kentucky, HB 489 would outlaw most abortions. This bill
is similar to one in South Dakota that was signed into law
March 6.

If passed, the Kentucky bill would not prohibit an
abortion to save the life of the mother, but for any other
circumstance it would make performing an abortion a
felony. HB 489 imposes no penalties for the woman.

The bill recognizes the humanity of the preborn child and
asserts that the state has the responsibility to protect
all life -- even in the womb.

On the other hand, in Hawaii, HB1242 HD1 has passed out of
the Senate Health Committee and is now in the Senate
Judiciary Committee. This bill would allow all abortions,
regardless of the trimester they are performed in, to be
done in an office or clinic.

According to Hawaii Family Forum, the bill "goes further
than current constitutional case law requires, allowing
late second and third trimester abortions in clinics, not
hospitals.  Allowing such later term abortions in an
outpatient setting endangers women's health."

This bill has already passed the state House and it's
likely that the largely pro-abortion Senate will pass this
bill as well.

TAKE ACTION: Time is short, so if you are a Kentucky
resident, please contact your representative and urge him
or her to pass HB 489 which would prohibit most abortions
in the state.

And if you are a resident of Hawaii, please contact your
senator ask him or her to oppose HB1242 HD1. Allowing
later term abortions to be performed in clinics and
private offices endangers the health of women in the Aloha
State.

For contact information for your legislator, visit the
CitizenLink Action Center.

http://www.family.org/cforum/action_center.cfm