Board of Health,

Dear Chairman and Members of Virginias Board of Health.Dear Chairman and Members of the Board of Virginia Health.We respectfully ask that you not make any changes to current Abortion Center Health and Safety Regulations since it is essential to womens health that they remain in place.

Dear Members of the Board of Health,

Abortion center regulations are essential for the health and safety of Virginia women and must be maintained. Health department inspectors have uncovered hundreds of health and safety violations. These violations include improper hand washing procedures and blood splatter on instruments and examination tables and abortions on minors without documented informed consent. The most recent inspections revealed significant abuse as an abortion center recorded an incredibly high number of complications from attempted chemical abortions with RU-486. The abortion industry has fought regulation for years, yet repeatedly independent inspectors find serious deficiencies, even during announced inspections. Abortion centers are not able to self-regulate. Abortion is not healthcare because it ends lives instead of healing them. However, since abortion operates under the guise of healthcare abortion centers must adhere to the regulatory standards of other healthcare facilities. Simply, Virginia women deserve nothing less. Thank you for considering my perspective on this important matter.

Abortion Centers need to remain regulated as currently is the case and not be part of the Governors abortion on demand agenda. This is in order to ensure that women who must cope with subsequent medical emergencies resulting from botched and even sometimes "successful" abortions (a horrible oxy-moron for sure).Thank you for considering our views, which we ask be entered into records of any hearings on the matter of abortion or healthcare.Sincerely yours, Richard and Mary Corrigan