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 Amend the Regulation after Assessment and Receipt of Public Comment
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 10/31/2018
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10/31/18  9:43 am
Commenter: Gwen M. Doddy Lowit

Remove this Regulation
 

The regulation that governs the licensure of facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month should be removed from the law. These dangerous restrictions are intended to close down clinics and reduce or eliminate access to abortion services. The Supreme Court of the United States as made abortion legal and access should not be denied or limited; and has ruled that all people should be treated equally. This regulation discriminates against woman, especially disenfranchised ones, as it denies them access to a medicial procedure. There are no laws that limit medicial procedures for men.

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