Take a Nap Today
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Middle Name Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Omilo: Abortion PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Rausim bel: Abortion HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “She choked on the Hala fruit of Kekeha.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’ve noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born.” (Ronald Reagan)
TODAY: National Napping Day is the perfect day for nappers to lie down and be counted. It is is designed to make more people aware of the health and productivity benefits of napping. Because of the loss of one hour’s sleep the night before due to the return of daylight savings time, everyone in the U.S.will be more sleep deprived than usual—and therefore more nap-ready today.
March 10, 1970: Today on Maui, and across the state, a woman can have a legal abortion. Hawaii becomes the first state in the U.S. to formally legalize abortion. The law came into effect through the spinelessness of the governor John Burns. Fearing political repercussions whether he signed or vetoed the bill on his desk, he did nothing, and the ten days passed, making the bill automatically law. New York, Alaska, and Washington states quickly follow Hawaii’s lead. On April 27, 2006, Republican Governor Linda Lingle signs into law a bill that removes residency requirements for women seeking to abort their unborn children and allows abortions to be performed in clinics or in a physician’s office.In traditional Hawiian culture, several methods were used to induce miscarriages, including ingestional of herbal agents and insertion of a pointed instrument into the uterus. As it has for several years nationwide, the abortion rate in Hawaii has fallen. In 2007 it is estimated that there were 2,740 abortions in the state. More information about this topic can be found here.
