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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6/28/14  10:12 am
Commenter: Joana Garcia

Women's Health should not be politicized
 

Current regulations of Virginia women's health centers are about politics, not medicine.  Medical procedures such as colonoscolpies, have higher complication rates than procedures performed in these clinics yet those clinics and doctors are not subjected to these types of regulation.  The real motivation behind these laws has nothing to do with women's health and everything to do with shutting down clinics and preventing women from getting safe and legal procedures.  If the regulations are not repealed, tens of thousands of Virginia women and families will lose access to critical medical care.  We need to remove politics from this issue and provide women with access to all aspects of women's health.

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