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This Resolution urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to actively support the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021. This federal bill aims to safeguard the right of individuals to access abortion services and the ability of healthcare providers to offer them. The resolution highlights concerns stemming from recent legal challenges to abortion rights in the United States, specifically mentioning cases like *Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson* and *Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization*, which involve laws restricting abortion access, such as Texas's Senate Bill 8 (prohibiting abortions after six weeks based on embryonic cardiac activity and allowing private lawsuits for enforcement) and Mississippi's law banning abortions after fifteen weeks. These cases, the resolution notes, threaten the established constitutional right to abortion, as affirmed in *Roe v. Wade*, and impact a generation that has grown up with access to reproductive healthcare. The resolution concludes by requesting that certified copies be sent to each member of Hawaii's congressional delegation.