Midwives: State law could jeopardize Native Hawaiian birth traditions

Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on June 10, 2024. Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses June 12, 2024, in Honolulu.

Ki'inaniokalani Kahoʻohanohano longed for a deeper connection to her Native Hawaiian ancestors and culture as she prepared to give birth to her first child at home on the north shore of Maui in 2003.