STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3061

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 194
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 194 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATURE WITH STATISTICAL DATA ON
     TERMINATION OF PREGNANCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Health (DOH) to provide the legislature with statistical data on
number of abortions performed in the third trimester of pregnancy
and the number of partial birth abortions, performed in Hawaii
each year from 1990 to the present.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the DOH, Hawaii Catholic Conference, and Hawaii family
forum.

     The intent of this measure is to provide the legislature
with reliable statistics in order to assess related measures
coming before the legislature.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding a
transmittal paragraph to transmit the measure to the Director of
Health.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of

 
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S.C.R. No. 194, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 194, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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