I can't believe that we are once again having these discussions.  I thought this was settled with Roe vs. Wade with the legalization of abortion. So now Mr. Cucinelli is trying to put forth his agenda which is to control women’s lives.  His attempt to prevent Virginia's existing abortion clinics from being grandfathered in under the new regulations passed by the Board of Health is certainly selective enforcement. 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.

The Attorney General’s Office should certainly know that one cannot have selective application of the law.  Either ALL or NONE of the state's hospitals have to meet these standards so unless the state is planning on holding every ambulatory surgical center to the same standards, this will continue to boil down to state control of women's lives.

I am against requiring any existing hospital to come into compliance with Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities which are specifically intended to apply only to new construction, not to existing facilities.  Applying these guidelines to existing facilities will only result in further limiting access to health care for all citizens of the Commonwealth. I urge the VDH and the Board of Health to deny this petition!

Either make all hospitals, clinics, etc. come up to code or rescind the outrageous decision to only have it apply to abortion clinics.