Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Department of Health
 
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State Board of Health
 
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Regulations for the Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia [12 VAC 5 ‑ 410]
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5/6/13  8:56 am
Commenter: M C Quinlan

Call it what it is: state control of women's lives
 

I can't believe that, in 21st century America, we're still having these discussions. 

Unless the state is planning on holding ALL ambulatory surgery centers to the same standards, this will continue to boil down to state control of women's lives. Given the error and infection rates in Virginia hospitals, not even mentioning ambulatory surgical providers, I'd think the VA Dept. of Health would be more interested in driving down those stats - which kill real, living, sentient people, not cell clusters - but apparently our state government is more interested in controlling healthy, thinking women and the doctors that treat them.

Let's call it what it is: interference. Paternalism. Dare I say ... fascism?

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