Haw. Rev. Stat. § 636C-9

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 636C-9 - Enforcement of foreign penal civil actions relating to protected reproductive health care services

(a) No judgment or other order arising from a foreign penal civil action or other penal law banning, restricting, burdening, punishing, penalizing, or otherwise interfering with the provision of protected reproductive health care services shall be enforced in this State.

(b) As used in this section:

"Foreign penal civil action" means an action authorized by the law of a state, or of any municipality or other governmental entity within a state, other than this State, the essential character and effect of which is to punish an offense against the public justice of that state, municipality, or other governmental entity.

"Protected reproductive health care services" means medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including but not limited to services relating to pregnancy, contraception, or termination of a pregnancy, that are protected under the Hawaii State Constitution or otherwise lawful under the laws of this State or that would be constitutionally protected or otherwise lawful if performed within this State.

HRS § 636C-9

Added by L 2023, c 2,§ 13, eff. 3/22/2023.