AFFIRMING AND SUPPORTING THE REQUIREMENT THAT HOSPITALS PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY CARE TO PREGNANT PEOPLE, INCLUDING REPRODUCTIVE AND ABORTION SERVICES, WHEN SUCH CARE IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO STABILIZE A PATIENT UNDER THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT.

Summary

The resolution declares that hospitals in Hawaii must provide life‑saving emergency treatment to pregnant people, even if it includes reproductive or abortion services, whenever such care is medically necessary to stabilize the patient under federal EMTALA law. It urges all hospitals, regardless of religious affiliation, to follow this standard, reinforcing existing practice and clarifying state policy amid national confusion.

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