Court Rules Native Hawaiian Midwives Can Resume Providing Care
In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.
In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.
07.24.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Yesterday, a Hawai‘i state court temporarily blocked part of the Midwifery Restriction Law, which prevents pregnant people in Hawai‘i from using traditional midwives for their pregnancies and births, as they have for generations. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, and the law […]
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