Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
Action Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 2/15/2012
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2/15/12  9:14 pm
Commenter: Marilynn Ward

The State is not a god
 

When I was young, girls kept their legs closed or paid the consequences.  Boys knew the ones who didn't--and still do.

The only voice not heard in any contraceptive/abortion discussion is that of the unborn.  Forcing people of conscience and good faith to act in accordance with a State that shows itself as willing to kill the unborn only puts the display of disobedience to God as a Good, when in fact, such is in no respect 'good' or wholesome. 

The issue of an inability to legislate morality becomes moot in a situation that uses situational ethics to justify every deed. With the history of Virginia itself, I dread to think of, as St. Exupery wrote, "All the little Mozarts murdered." ("The Little Prince")  Princes you make think yourselves, but the Prince you endorse is one who enjoys Darkness,

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