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Murashige, Laura
From: Jennifer Salcedo <jlc416@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 5:40 PM
To: Council Testimony; <greigh.hirata@hawaiifdip.com>
Subject: Res 568-16 Testimony- Support
Attachments: Hawaii County CEDAW testimony.pdf
To Whom It May Concern,
Please see the attached written testimony from the ACOG Hawaii Section in support of resolution 568-16 for
the September 7, 2016, Council meeting. Thank you for your consideration and please let me know if I can be
helpful in providing additional information.
Dr. Jennifer Salcedo
Jennifer Salcedo MD, MPH, MPP, FACOG
Vice Chair
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Greigh Hirata,MD,FACOG,Chair THE AMERICAN 94-235 Hanawai Circle,#1B,Waipahu,Hawaii 96797
OF OBSTETRICIANS
TO: County Council,County of Hawaii AND GYNECOLOGISTS
DATE: Tuesday,September 6,2016
FROM: Hawaii Section,ACOG
Dr.Greigh Hirata,MD,FACOG,Chair
Dr.Jennifer Salcedo,MD,MPH,MPP,FACOG,Vice-Chair
Lauren Zirbel,Community and Government Relations •
Statement of the Hawaii Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Res 568-16:SUPPORT
The Hawaii Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (HI ACOG)strongly
supports Res 568-16 and other proposals that affirm the tenets and principles of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.As a Section of the Nation's leading
group of physicians dedicated to improving health care for women,HI ACOG represents more than
200 obstetrician/gynecologist physicians in our state.
Dear Council Members:
Hawaii ACOG is disappointed that the United States is one of only seven nations worldwide that has
not adopted the United Nations'CEDAW(adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly),
a human rights document that supports women's rights and equality.
Our national ACOG policy,"Global Women's Health and Rights",Statement of Policy,American
Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,July 2012 states the following in support of this bill:
"Acknowledging the significant interplay of women's human rights with the overall health of women
and society,the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) ardently support
efforts to improve the dignity,autonomy,rights and health of women in the United States and
globally.ACOG commits to encourage and uphold policies and action in the United States and across
the world to assure that women have:
1.The right to be full and responsible citizens of their countries,with equal property,economic,
voting and freedom of movement rights.
2.The right to equal education.
3.The right to work and earn a living with equal pay for equal work.
4.The right to be free of all forms of gender based violence such as domestic violence,sexual assault,
incest,female infanticide,honor killings,femalegenital cutting and self-immolation at a husband's
death.
5.The right to the best available,scientifically based health care,including health and sexuality
education.
6.The right to autonomous decision-making,informed consent,privacy and confidentiality regarding
their own health care.
7.The right to participate equally in ethically conducted clinical and other research.
8.The right to decide when and if to have sex,including choosing one's partner,and freedom from
coerced marriage and sex trafficking. -
9.The right to decide whether to have children,the number and spacing of their children,and to have
the information,education and access to health services to make these choices.
10.The right to safe childbearing,with resources to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and
mortality."
Thank you for your support of women's rights and human rights.