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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6/17/14  2:53 pm
Commenter: Yvonne Laffoon

Keep sensible clinic regulations!
 

How would you men like to go to a clinic for an invasive procedure that could cause hemorrhaging and there not be any, or insufficient, emergency equipment to stop that bleeding?  For that matter, would you like to be looking at holes in the ceiling and unsterile instruments while they were reaching inside you and jerking something out? Sounds horrifying, doesn't it? Well, that's what happening here in Virginia, and I dare say there are plenty of other states where this is happening, as well. When people aren't regulated, they start not caring about standards. Money becomes the reason for everything. These places need that kind of regulation. I sure wouldn't want a dental clinic to get away with using bloody instruments on my teeth! Why should a woman have that kind of danger at a clinic for the performance of an abortion? I don't think women should have an abortion, but I sure don't want women to be in danger when they go to an abortion clinic, either!  Why there should even be a question as to keeping the very sensible regulations at all is a mystery to me anyway!! Every other clinic for every other kind of health service is regulated--why not abortion clinics? By the way, I think the government should stop funding abortions with our money.

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