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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5/10/13  11:13 am
Commenter: D McBride

Your selective enforcement of TRAP regulations
 

I agree with S C Coleman's comments below and as follows:

"Cuccinelli's attempt to prevent Virginia's existing abortion clinics from being grandfathered in under the new regulations passed by the Board of Health is selective enforcement at its finest. He is clearly attempting to bend the rules to serve his agenda. Grandfathering either is or is not allowed, and if it is not, then the Virginia Board of Health needs to make sure that all hospitals that have been grandfathered in under previous changes to hospital building code/regulation are closed until they can be brought up to code. That is, if this really is about the health and safety of Virginia's citizens and not just a case of government (and one arrogant, self-righteous Attorney General) overstepping its bounds to police the private lives of its citizens."

Mr. Cuccinelli has a history of overstepping his bounds as Attorney General/being dead wrong. You can't have it both ways. I, for one, am incensed that individuals in public office in Virginia continue to misrepresent their constituencies by trying to force their "social issues" views down everyone else's throats. If all the energy exerted in the past few years over abortion issues had been instead spent on the State's real problems, we probably would no longer need to focus on jobs, transportation or any other legitimate issue.  My suggestion is that you get a backbone and do your jobs for the people of this State, not just for Mr. Cuccinelli, and you quit wasting time and energy and money on witch hunts. Either make all hospitals, clinics, etc. come up to code or get rid of your ridiculous decision to only have it apply to abortion clinics.

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