THE SENATE                           S.C.R. NO.            194
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION


  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATURE
    WITH STATISTICAL DATA ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCIES.
 
 1        WHEREAS, the Legislature has been faced with the issue of
 2   abortion, and the sub-issue of partial birth abortion, for the
 3   past several sessions; and
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 5        WHEREAS, the Legislature is consistently faced with making
 6   decisions on the issue of abortion and partial birth abortion;
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 9        WHEREAS, timely and accurate information on abortion and
10   partial birth abortion, is needed by this Legislature; now,
11   therefore,
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13        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
14   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2000, the House of
15   Representatives concurring, the Department of Health is
16   requested to provide the Legislature with data regarding the
17   number of abortions performed in the third trimester of
18   pregnancy and the number of partial birth abortions performed
19   in Hawaii each year from 1990 to the present; and 
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21        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if such information does not
22   exist or is not deemed reliable, the Department of Health shall
23   establish a reliable program to obtain such data; and
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25        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Department of Health is
26   requested to report to the Legislature no later than twenty
27   days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2001. 
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