I oppose giving abortion centers a free pass when it comes to basic health and safety standards for the reasons listed below This has nothing to do with abortion rights.  It is a health and safety issue.

As you know, a Fairfax abortion center had its abortion practice shut down and its license suspended after a blistering 52-page document described incident after incident of gut-wrenching health and safety violations.   

To list only a few:

• A botched abortion where a woman’s cervix was cut, but the abortion center had no sutures on site to fix the injury, so the woman had to be rushed to a local emergency room to stop the bleeding.
   
• While performing an abortion, on staff member (difficult to tell from inspection report if it was the doctor, a nurse, or other staff member) gloves were observed to be visibly soiled with blood.  The surveyor did not observe Staff #1 wash his/her hands with soap and water after exiting the procedure room.
   
• One staff member used a plunger to clear a clogged toilet, didn’t change scrubs, and proceeded into a patient room where they held the patient’s hand and were in contact with them during a procedure.
   
• Facility staff failed to ensure the availability of sinks for proper handwashing, proper cleaning of environmental surfaces, proper disinfection of equipment, ability to verify the recommended level of sterilization was achieved and periodic and ongoing maintenance of equipment.