“For You formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:13-14a)
SB501 SD1 “Requires all limited service pregnancy centers to disclose the availability of and enrollment information for reproductive health services; establishes privacy and disclosure requirements for individual records and information; authorizes civil penalties and civil actions for enforcement and remedy.”
Bottom line, pregnancy care centers will be required to provide information on local abortion clinics to their clients or break the law and face civil penalties and civil actions.
This bill is a battle for survival of the innocent unborn and the pregnancy care centers that advocate for them. Each pregnancy successfully carried to term is one less abortion to be performed.
Unfortunately, SB501 was passed by the Senate and moved to the House where the House Committee on Health has deferred it until 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21. Turnout and testimony at the hearing last Thursday was overwhelmingly in opposition, so the deferment indicates there is still a chance that committee members can be persuaded to vote NO on this bill. We must keep the pressure on!
Please Take Action Immediately. Contact each committee member and ask him/her to vote NO on SB501 SD1. Email each committee member and then give them a call. Feel free to call and leave a message after hours. Please act now; the hearing is 10:15 a.m. this Tuesday.
Consider the wise words of Proverbs 24:11, 12, “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?”
- Contact as many legislators as your time allows. Every contact you make counts! Join the chorus in opposition to this bill.
House Committee on Health:
Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair: repbelatti@Capitol.hawaii.gov/ 586-9425
Rep. Bert Kobayashi, Vice Chair: repkobayashi@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-6310
Rep. Sharon E. Har: rephar@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-8500
Rep. Dee Morikawa: repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-6280
Rep. Marcus Oshiro: reposhiro@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-6700
Rep. Chris Todd: reptodd@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-8480
Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola: reptupola@Capitol.hawaii.gov / 586-8465
- Please forward this e-alert to friends and family and ask them to pray and take action.
- Please click here for a printable copy of this e-alert and distribute. Consider handing it out at church this Sunday.
More about SB501 SD1:
- Requires pregnancy care centers to do what is in direct opposition to the centers’ very mission.
- Is an attack on religious freedom.
- Is an attack on free speech.
- Is a “one-way street” that imposes no such requirement on abortion providers to advertise the services of pregnancy care centers.
- Seeks to further the agenda of abortion providers.
Know that this is not a two-way street. There is no such law in the legislature being considered that requires abortion clinics to give information out about pregnancy care centers.
Please, make your phone calls and send your emails now. The very survival of pregnancy care centers and therefore the lives they seek to save and minister to depend on it.
Please Pray. Pray for the defeat of SB501 in the House Committee on Health. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” (James 5:16)
For life!
Barbara Ferraro
State Director
director@hawaii.cwfa.org
hi.cwfa.org
Wilma Youtz
Legislative Liaison
hawaii.liaison.cwa@gmail.com