Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Department of Health
 
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State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
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7/31/14  2:35 pm
Commenter: Terry Danaher

Protect Women by Protecting Our Health and Rights
 

I've read many of the comments on this forum, and I am appalled at the outright lies that many of the anti-women's-rights commentors are using to hype their anti-choice cause. Having been to Planned Parenthood facilities myself on several occasions, I know that what is being "reported" about blood-spattered walls, etc., is false and designed to create a butcher-shop visual to those who don't know the reality: clean and sanitary facilities, caring and expert staff, and options that include everything from familty planning to support for women who are pregnant and wish to carry to term. These anti-women's-rights people are using lies to mislead the public about the reason the clinics have been targeted for closure by religious right hypocrites.

We supposedly live in a society where religious beliefs may inform our choices, but those beliefs are not supposed to determine public policies. Let's keep it that way and allow these clinics to exist as they have in the past.

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