Political Experience and Activities
Slom has held the following political positions:
- Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State Senate, 1996-present
- Senator, Hawaii State Senate, 1996-present
During consideration of Senate Bill 1109, which ensures that victims of sexual assault are provided with medically and factually unbiased information about and access to emergency contraception when receiving emergency medical care at Hawaii’s hospitals for sexual assaults, Slom tried and failed to amend the bill to allow hospitals to claim a religious exemption instead of distributing the morning-after pill.
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