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]
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7/31/14  12:24 pm
Commenter: Bobbi A. Hoffman

Keep politics out of women's health care
 

Women's health care clinics should not be held to standards that apply to hospitals. The only reason for these new regulations is a political agenda to close faciities that provide abortions in addition to family planning, mammograms, pap smears, and general health care. These are legal services that should be available to every woman, and closing heath centers due to unreasonable regulations about the width of hallways and the availability of parking lots is simply a way for those who care only about fetuses -- not women or children -- to push their agenda. It has nothing to do with caring about women's health. Keep politics out of women's health care.

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