Pua O Eleili Pinto leads a cleansing and grounding ceremony for supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law outside a courthouse in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Morea Mendoza stands in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, to testify about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Morea Mendoza testifies in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)