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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6/17/14  10:18 am
Commenter: Thomas L McFadden

Health Safety Regulation of Abortion Facilities
 

Because the U..S. Supreme Court has prevented any restriction on the right of a woman to choose an abortion it is self-evident that the common sense regulations that were put into place regarding abortion facilities could have no purpose but to promote the health and safety of women making that choice.  The history of abortion providers in the U.S. and in Virginia is replete with instances of bad medical facilities and practices. Why, uniquely among medical procedures, should abortion be excused from the  professionalism and hygeine that is normal to medicine?  It seems to me that abortion providers who wish to overturn the existing regulations need to make the case that what they do does not require the professionalism and hygeine normal to medicine. 

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