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]
Action Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities
Stage Final
Comment Period Ended on 6/19/2013
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6/4/13  9:56 pm
Commenter: Samantha Tran

Leave women's healthcare alone
 

Womens healthcare is between a woman and her doctor.  TRAP does nothing to enhance womens access to healthcare - it severely limits what options are available.  Government has no place making healthcare decisions for it citizens.  Implemeting this type of regulation will limit the choices available to women, increase the cost of healthcare, and force the closure of some health care facilities.

The decision to continue to terminate a preganancy is difficult enough.  What if a womans life is in danger?  What if the fetus has a horrific birth defect, what if continuing the pregnancy risks the life and health of the mother, what if the fetus has already died and remains in the uterus causing possible life threatening infection or infertility?  There are many reasons a woman may chose to end a pregnancy.  

My body, my health, my choice.  Not the governments.  This is a free country.

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