Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
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7/31/14  12:30 pm
Commenter: Donna Hores

Maintain Essential Abortion Center Regulations
 

Board of Health,

We regulate dentists offices and other medical facilities so it flies in the face of reason not to regulate a facility that is doing something much more invasive than taking a tooth out. Please protect women from unsafe facilities and doctors. As the opposition is telling you that this measure is about hurting women and shutting down abortion centers, I am telling you that they are wrong in this assumption. Please pass this common sense regulation. Thank you.

Dear Members of the Board of Health,

Please maintain strong abortion center regulations. Since the regulation process began, health department inspectors have uncovered hundreds of health and safety violations. An especially troubling revelation was made at the Roanoke Medical Center for Women, where inspectors documented that a 16 year-old and two 14 year-old girls had abortions without documented parental consent. The abortion industry has fought regulation for years claiming it can regulate itself, yet repeatedly independent inspectors have found 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 and minor girls deserve nothing less. Thank you for considering my perspective on this important matter. Donna Hores

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