It is in the State's best interest to see that all medical care in the Commonwealth meets minimum health standards.

The following regulations should ALWAYS be followed in ANY Medical facility, abortion clinics are no exception.

Common sense regulations include:

• Maintaining medical equipment, supplies and drugs to manage potential emergencies
• Patient rights and patient services such as a process for registering complaints against the abortion facility to the Virginia Dept of Health, having a staff member certified to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on-site for emergency care when abortions are performed.
• Infection prevention
• Policies and procedures outlining criteria for discharge from anesthesia care.

don't let politics over ride common sense.

Maureen Barrett