Board of Health,

During two years, inspections have exposed widespread health and safety violations including blood splattered exam tables and equipment, unsterilized needles, incomplete lifesaving equipment, violations of Virginia parental consent laws, an absence of reporting of possible cases of child abuse, and many more deficiencies. These health and safety standards simply ensure that abortion centers meet common sense standards of care to ensure womens health is paramount.Emergencies happen frequently at abortion centers and emergency personnel need to be able to get to patients in need and that involves having doorways and hallways wide enough to get emergency equipment to women in medical crisis.Planned Parenthood alone is a $1 Billion industry. It has the money to bring its abortion centers into compliance with these reasonable health and safety standards. It seems to be choosing to spend it on political campaigns instead of on womens health. Georgette Lasorso