Virginia Department of Health
State Board of Health
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities
[12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
(Repealed)
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CLOSED Opened on 1/28/2013 and Ended on 3/29/2013
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Regulations required | Jane Elliot | 4/1/13 8:31 pm |
| Cuccinelli is wrong on law - Board has authority | Molly Vick | 3/29/13 11:59 pm |
| I do not support TRAP | Alexander Winston | 3/29/13 11:58 pm |
| Regulations | Conor O'Donnell | 3/29/13 11:58 pm |
| Regulations | Conor O'Donnell | 3/29/13 11:56 pm |
| TRAP Law | Jeanne Henley | 3/29/13 11:56 pm |
| Virginia health care requires standards. I support common sense regulations. | Matthew Lebahn | 3/29/13 11:54 pm |
| TRAAP | Caroline Gross | 3/29/13 11:53 pm |
| Support for TRAP | Stephen Pilon | 3/29/13 11:53 pm |
| Proposed TRAP regulations | Ann Covalt, consultant | 3/29/13 11:51 pm |
| The Regulations for Abortion Providers | Freeda Cathcart, former member of the Virginia Advisory Board for Midwifery | 3/29/13 11:50 pm |
| TRAP regulations should not be adopted | Tom Greeson | 3/29/13 11:50 pm |
| Support for Regulation | Margaret Lebahn | 3/29/13 11:49 pm |
| Abortion facilities must comply with safety regulations | Nancy Lutz | 3/29/13 11:48 pm |
| yes to these regulations | csmith | 3/29/13 11:48 pm |
| Protect womens' health - Support TRAP | Mary | 3/29/13 11:43 pm |
| Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) | John H. Walker | 3/29/13 11:43 pm |
| TRAP | Lynn Fox | 3/29/13 11:42 pm |
| First Amendment Religious Freedom | Gail Gordon Donegan | 3/29/13 11:39 pm |
| I am opposed to Trap Laws. | pam Kay | 3/29/13 11:39 pm |
| I oppose TRAP regulations. | Kristin C. Dillard | 3/29/13 11:37 pm |
| I support the regulations | Kathleen Wagner | 3/29/13 11:32 pm |
| Save Women's Access to Reproductive Health | Lynell Fox | 3/29/13 11:29 pm |
| Virginia is becoming the Mississippi of the Mid-Atlantic | Catherine Read | 3/29/13 11:27 pm |
| concerned about patient privacy in proposed TRAP regulations | Elizabeth Fogarty | 3/29/13 11:24 pm |
| TRAP | Sandra Kelly | 3/29/13 11:22 pm |
| Oppose TRAP regulations | Abida Dini | 3/29/13 11:20 pm |
| ANTI-TRAP Regulations | Eleanor Hagerman, MPH | 3/29/13 11:20 pm |
| One more comment against TRAP. | Eric Scott | 3/29/13 11:16 pm |
| Support the regulations | Eric Jenislawski | 3/29/13 11:15 pm |
| oppose TRAP | Jordan Thayer | 3/29/13 11:13 pm |
| New Regulations for Women's Health Care Centers | Bruce Boucher | 3/29/13 11:11 pm |
| Support TRAP | Olaf Pors | 3/29/13 11:11 pm |
| I oppose any new abortion restrictions or regulations | EK | 3/29/13 11:07 pm |
| Do The Right Thing | Stacy Reed | 3/29/13 11:06 pm |
| Opposed to TRAP laws | Sammie Moshenberg | 3/29/13 11:05 pm |
| In Support of the Women's Health Centers in Virginia | Eleanor Hagerman | 3/29/13 11:04 pm |
| Standing Against VA'a Anti-Choice TRAP Laws | Betty Stewart | 3/29/13 11:03 pm |
| VA. must regulate for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Lina Ross, RN. BSN | 3/29/13 11:03 pm |
| Keep VA's Women's Health Centers Open | Melissa Esposito | 3/29/13 11:02 pm |
| Oppose Trap | William Maupin | 3/29/13 11:01 pm |
| I am OPPOSED to these Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Connie Boyer | 3/29/13 10:57 pm |
| TRAP laws | Amy Jones | 3/29/13 10:56 pm |
| No TRAP Laws in Virginia | Beverly Bachman | 3/29/13 10:50 pm |
| Numbers don't lie. | Michelle Kinsey Bruns | 3/29/13 10:46 pm |
| Do Your Job | Gerald Brittle | 3/29/13 10:46 pm |
| I oppose TRAP. It's non-medical government intrusion for political reasons! | Robert Brown | 3/29/13 10:44 pm |
| Abortion Laws | Mary Elizabeth Meade | 3/29/13 10:44 pm |
| Please support these regulations. | Kathleen Hunter | 3/29/13 10:37 pm |
| Opposition to the new regulations | Carol Gerhardt | 3/29/13 10:33 pm |
| Yes to Abortion Agency Regulation! | Rebekah Thiefels | 3/29/13 10:32 pm |
| These regulations will help keep women safer | Mary Hayes | 3/29/13 10:31 pm |
| TRAP Issue | Russell R. Ross | 3/29/13 10:30 pm |
| Regulate abortion clinics like other medical facilities | Jamie McDonald | 3/29/13 10:28 pm |
| I support the proposed regluations. | Michael Thiefels | 3/29/13 10:27 pm |
| Ensuring clean, safe surgical facilities is a woman's right and a doctor's obligation. | Jeannine McDonald | 3/29/13 10:24 pm |
| Reject the TRAP regulations! | Laura Wells | 3/29/13 10:19 pm |
| Yes TRAP! | Abel Pors | 3/29/13 10:18 pm |
| TRAP | Marie Miller | 3/29/13 10:14 pm |
| No substandard care for women! | Amy Dancause | 3/29/13 10:07 pm |
| Strongly Disagree with TRAP | Rick Howard | 3/29/13 10:05 pm |
| High mediical standards for abortion providers | Sandra Robrtson | 3/29/13 10:01 pm |
| TRAP regulations | Gwen McCrea | 3/29/13 10:00 pm |
| I Oppose TRAP | Riley Sheehy | 3/29/13 9:56 pm |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Tessie Pasa | 3/29/13 9:54 pm |
| I support the proposed regulations | Mari Bever | 3/29/13 9:54 pm |
| TRAP regulations vote no | suzie metzger | 3/29/13 9:44 pm |
| Humanitarian - Support Facility Regulations | Colleen Johnson | 3/29/13 9:39 pm |
| The trial of Kermit Gosnel (PA) should teach us something | Joseph Flaherty | 3/29/13 9:35 pm |
| NO Anti-Choise TRAP Law | angela fazzari | 3/29/13 9:35 pm |
| TRAP Regulations Harmful | Judy Bauerle | 3/29/13 9:34 pm |
| Oppose Unconstitutional TRAP Regulations | Christopher Day | 3/29/13 9:28 pm |
| TRAP | Donna Moody | 3/29/13 9:26 pm |
| Common Sense | Karen Lucas | 3/29/13 9:26 pm |
| Dangerous, hypocritical, cruel, undemocratic TRAP legislation | Herschell Emery | 3/29/13 9:26 pm |
| Equal treatment under the law | Pat Kelly | 3/29/13 9:13 pm |
| TRAP Must Go | Pamela Balcke | 3/29/13 9:12 pm |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Philip A. Dancause | 3/29/13 9:11 pm |
| Support for fair and equal treatment for healthcare facilities | Monica Kelly | 3/29/13 9:11 pm |
| TRAP Laws in Virginia | Samantha Bartram | 3/29/13 9:03 pm |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | The Honorable David J. Toscano | 3/29/13 9:01 pm |
| I strongly oppose the TRAP laws! | Susan Ray | 3/29/13 8:55 pm |
| Safety regulations necessary | Joyce Pors | 3/29/13 8:51 pm |
| Action: Proposed permanent regulations | Martha Stine | 3/29/13 8:47 pm |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | James Farr | 3/29/13 8:44 pm |
| VA Coalition to Protect Women's Health Comment | Virginia Coalition to Protect Women's Health | 3/29/13 8:43 pm |
| protect women’s access to reproductive health care !!!!! | Jocelyn Audet | 3/29/13 8:42 pm |
| In opposition to TRAP | Daniel P. Giesy, represeneting myself | 3/29/13 8:35 pm |
| Stop the attack on women. Stop the attack on science. | Kathy H. Sarosdy | 3/29/13 8:23 pm |
| RE: TRAP | Shelly Hokensonu | 3/29/13 8:17 pm |
| Support TRAP Regulations | Valerie Pors | 3/29/13 8:10 pm |
| TRAP | Kim Perez | 3/29/13 8:10 pm |
| please look at us as individuals | Ariel Whitehead | 3/29/13 8:04 pm |
| Stop the real agenda of the AG | Kathy H. Sarosdy | 3/29/13 8:00 pm |
| Protect women’s access to reproductive health care | Nicole Whitaker | 3/29/13 7:58 pm |
| Reject Political Pressure - Base decisions on evidence-based public health | Virginia Coalition to Protect Women's Health | 3/29/13 7:57 pm |
| TRAP opposition | Jodi Fisler | 3/29/13 7:54 pm |
| TRAP | Amber M | 3/29/13 7:53 pm |
| TRAP laws | bg kenley | 3/29/13 7:49 pm |
| TRAP is a travesty | Daryle Brown, UniteWomen.org | 3/29/13 7:47 pm |
| Do the right thing | Kathy H. Sarosdy | 3/29/13 7:45 pm |
| A little common sense | Rosalie Dancause, private citizen | 3/29/13 7:30 pm |
| It Is Time for the Virginia Board of Health to Stop Aiding and Abetting the Republican War on Women | Lang Lloveras | 3/29/13 7:27 pm |
| Over regulation | Jane Conkey | 3/29/13 7:22 pm |
| TRAP | Tiffany Stauffer | 3/29/13 7:22 pm |
| RADICAL RIGHT WING'S ATTACK ON WOMEN | sara s. chafin | 3/29/13 7:14 pm |
| I am against TRAP! | Peggy Brkic | 3/29/13 7:04 pm |
| These regs are about abortion, not women's safety | William | 3/29/13 7:02 pm |
| Strongly oppose new "Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities" | Janet Perry | 3/29/13 7:02 pm |
| No on TRAP | Jaime Oria | 3/29/13 7:00 pm |
| Laws like this make me wish I do not live here. Will never have daughters or sons in VA | Shene Midgette | 3/29/13 7:00 pm |
| TRAP Should be Rejected | Robert Shippee | 3/29/13 6:56 pm |
| Abortion Clinics - Priposed Regulations | Lawrence W. Salberg, Sr. | 3/29/13 6:53 pm |
| Womens Health | Theresa Cooper | 3/29/13 6:52 pm |
| Abortion Clinics Perform Surgery and need to be Regulated like a Hospital | Brian Addington | 3/29/13 6:51 pm |
| AMEND TRAP | a.l. steiner | 3/29/13 6:48 pm |
| Keep these centers OPEN. PLEASE. | Gloria Asher | 3/29/13 6:48 pm |
| Women's safety during all medical procedures | M. Evans | 3/29/13 6:45 pm |
| Trap | Michael O'Neil | 3/29/13 6:42 pm |
| TRAP laws | Tracy Hodson | 3/29/13 6:41 pm |
| Trap | Margaret Belsan | 3/29/13 6:37 pm |
| Women of Virginia need to be protected by health safety regulations for all types of clinics. | Margaret Evans | 3/29/13 6:33 pm |
| TRAP Regulations | James K Disney, Citizen | 3/29/13 6:30 pm |
| TRAP laws | Chris McGlone | 3/29/13 6:29 pm |
| Ridiculous | Ashleigh Correll | 3/29/13 6:23 pm |
| Abortion Facilities | Patricia Marseglia | 3/29/13 6:16 pm |
| This has to stop | Melody Garo | 3/29/13 6:11 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Phillip Puckett, District 38 | 3/29/13 6:11 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator John Edwards, District 21 | 3/29/13 6:10 pm |
| Abortion facility regulations | Betsey Hedges | 3/29/13 6:10 pm |
| I support regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Joanne Merrifield R.N. | 3/29/13 6:08 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility regulations help protect women's health | GK | 3/29/13 6:08 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Donald A. McEachin, District 09 | 3/29/13 6:06 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Henry Marsh, Henry; District 16 | 3/29/13 6:03 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator L. Louise Lucas, District 18 | 3/29/13 6:01 pm |
| Grandfather Existing Women's Health Centers from Unnecessary Construction Requirements | Tarina Keene, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation | 3/29/13 6:00 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Janet Howell, District 32 | 3/29/13 6:00 pm |
| stop your state war on women! | sandy halliburton | 3/29/13 5:58 pm |
| Abortion "regulations" | Theresa | 3/29/13 5:56 pm |
| No Bodily "Eminent Domain" - Please | Elizabeth Franklin | 3/29/13 5:54 pm |
| ACLU of Virginia Comment | Katherine Greenier, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia | 3/29/13 5:51 pm |
| Reproductive Healthcare for Women | David Byrne | 3/29/13 5:45 pm |
| Please eliminate the medically inappropriate and unnecessarily burdensome TRAP regulations | Sudi Garrettson | 3/29/13 5:42 pm |
| GET IT RIGHT | Wayne | 3/29/13 5:39 pm |
| How can anyone NOT support TRAP? | Aoife Gannon | 3/29/13 5:38 pm |
| Making small clinics comply with new hospital architectural requirements is absurd | Stephanie Rodriguez | 3/29/13 5:33 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Mark Herring, District 33 | 3/29/13 5:31 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator Barbara Favola, District 31 | 3/29/13 5:31 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Are Needed To Protect Women | M. E. Blodgett | 3/29/13 5:29 pm |
| Keep Virginia's Health Centers open | Donna Phillips | 3/29/13 5:25 pm |
| Stop making burdensome regulations that limit access to safe 1st trimester abortions | Beth Edelstein | 3/29/13 5:21 pm |
| TRAP regulations harm women | Suzanne Keller | 3/29/13 5:21 pm |
| In Favor of TRAP | Matthew | 3/29/13 5:19 pm |
| Board of Health Statutory Authority - Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Senator R. Creigh Deeds, District 25 | 3/29/13 5:16 pm |
| Oppose TRAP laws | Brit Austin | 3/29/13 5:14 pm |
| TRAP Restrictions | Petrina Murphy | 3/29/13 5:13 pm |
| These guideline are bad policy, bad news | Eileen Truax | 3/29/13 5:12 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Claire C | 3/29/13 5:10 pm |
| Regulate clinics for mothers' health | Melissa Noble, Mothers for Peace | 3/29/13 5:09 pm |
| Keep healthcare centers OPEN | B Plotnick | 3/29/13 5:09 pm |
| No TRAP regulations! | Suellen Savukas | 3/29/13 5:05 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Donald R. Mannebach | 3/29/13 5:04 pm |
| Women's Health | Cynthia Cuellar | 3/29/13 5:02 pm |
| Virginia citizen opposes unnecessary and harmful TRAP regulations | Scott Miles | 3/29/13 4:54 pm |
| Please oppose TRAP regulations | Gail Christie | 3/29/13 4:54 pm |
| Support for Regulation | KM | 3/29/13 4:54 pm |
| Response to TRAP Laws | Erin Longbottom | 3/29/13 4:53 pm |
| A woman's medical proceedures are none of your business. | J William Halfpenny Unicorn | 3/29/13 4:51 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations | Alicia Brittle, Virginian | 3/29/13 4:49 pm |
| Opposition to TRAP | Nancy Cantalupo | 3/29/13 4:49 pm |
| I approve regulations for health and safety at abortion facilities | Catherine Flynn | 3/29/13 4:49 pm |
| Board of Health TRAP regulations | Lynn Robbins | 3/29/13 4:49 pm |
| Regulations on Women's Health Centers | Caroline Smith | 3/29/13 4:48 pm |
| Importance of pro-choice for optimal health care delivery | Leah Ramer, Ph.D.,RNC | 3/29/13 4:42 pm |
| For the Safety and Protection of the Women of VA. Support TRAP!!! | Tyra Nuar | 3/29/13 4:36 pm |
| TRAP | Will Fitzhugh | 3/29/13 4:29 pm |
| TRAP Regulations | maria booth | 3/29/13 4:28 pm |
| Don't cut access to reproductive health care! | Rebecca Diehl | 3/29/13 4:27 pm |
| I Completely Support the proposed Regulations! | Cynthia R. | 3/29/13 4:27 pm |
| Women's Health | Jocelyn Dugan | 3/29/13 4:22 pm |
| Healthcare | Connie K Raper | 3/29/13 4:21 pm |
| Healthcare | Lynn M Elliott | 3/29/13 4:21 pm |
| Support regulation of abortion clinics! | Judith Diederich | 3/29/13 4:20 pm |
| Keep government out of women's vaginas! | Richard Koepsell | 3/29/13 4:19 pm |
| Women's Health in Virginia | Ellen Davidson, Homemaker | 3/29/13 4:19 pm |
| TRAP regulations | Alfred B. Strickler, Jr. Planned Parenthood Health Systems | 3/29/13 4:17 pm |
| health centers | molly brewer | 3/29/13 4:15 pm |
| Regarding the TRAP regulations | Susan L. McGinnis - speaking as a women who has worked in women's health ca | 3/29/13 4:13 pm |
| Women's Health and Freedom Of Choice | Frank J Perruccio Surf Dog Computer Services | 3/29/13 4:10 pm |
| regulations on women's health clinics | Mary Pugh | 3/29/13 4:09 pm |
| TARP laws | Gerilee Hundt | 3/29/13 4:09 pm |
| Uphold TRAP to Uphold Medical Standards | A.M. Whittaker | 3/29/13 4:08 pm |
| Protect the Women of Virginia’s Access to Reproductive Health Care | Laura Goodman | 3/29/13 4:04 pm |
| TRAP Law | Jack Southard | 3/29/13 3:59 pm |
| Stop the anti-choice TRAP laws | Christine Jamieson | 3/29/13 3:54 pm |
| Virginia's proposed TRAP Law | Julia Dawson | 3/29/13 3:49 pm |
| abortion rights | Cynthia Yngve | 3/29/13 3:47 pm |
| ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! | Betty Martin | 3/29/13 3:47 pm |
| We Virginians owe women here the decency of personal health care. | Frances Benedetti | 3/29/13 3:44 pm |
| Anti-Choice Laws | David & Kathryn Smith - Republican Majority for CHOICE | 3/29/13 3:44 pm |
| retired college professor | sara roderer | 3/29/13 3:43 pm |
| Opposing anti-abortion TRAP laws | Lyndele von Schill | 3/29/13 3:41 pm |
| Access to Women's Healthcare | Barbara S. Stowe | 3/29/13 3:39 pm |
| Opposition to TRAP laws | Sarah Little | 3/29/13 3:38 pm |
| Do Not Restrict Access to Safe Reproductive Healthcare! Say NO to TRAP | Helen Alston | 3/29/13 3:37 pm |
| Stop TRAPping my Health Care! | Holly Christopher | 3/29/13 3:34 pm |
| Targeted regulations on abortion providers (TRAP) | Kathryn Jones | 3/29/13 3:33 pm |
| TRAp regulations | Rachel Levy | 3/29/13 3:26 pm |
| Stop Legislating Women's Health | Tricia Williams | 3/29/13 3:24 pm |
| Stop TRAP! | Elaine Fischer | 3/29/13 3:24 pm |
| TRAP Regulations Violate Public Health, Democracy and A Free Society | Brenda L. Radford | 3/29/13 3:24 pm |
| Women's access to reproductive health | Karla Stark | 3/29/13 3:23 pm |
| In favor of more regulation | Jeff & Martha Fortman | 3/29/13 3:19 pm |
| pending TRAP law | Dr Robert H Carr | 3/29/13 3:16 pm |
| TRAP laws | Bethany | 3/29/13 3:15 pm |
| Fairness | Lorie Rajput | 3/29/13 3:14 pm |
| Keep women having an abortion safe | Ellen Tabb | 3/29/13 3:14 pm |
| Opposition to Regulations Regarding Health Clinic Requirements | Rebecca M. Stark, a citizen | 3/29/13 3:12 pm |
| Reducing access to women's health care | Sylvia Powell | 3/29/13 3:11 pm |
| Fairness | Lorie Rajput | 3/29/13 3:08 pm |
| Stop putting limits on women's health care including abortion and birth control | Kathleen Cheeseman | 3/29/13 3:06 pm |
| Anti-choice regulations | Gay Harlowe | 3/29/13 3:05 pm |
| Speak out against Virginia’s proposed anti-choice regulation of all state women's health centers | Kay Beams | 3/29/13 3:04 pm |
| Republican for choice | Alan Murray | 3/29/13 3:03 pm |
| Regulatory action | Debby Brehm | 3/29/13 3:02 pm |
| Women's Health | Olivia Samerdyke | 3/29/13 3:02 pm |
| Mainstream Republicans Who Support Reproductive Rights and Services | Kevin & Kristin Curtis | 3/29/13 3:00 pm |
| Women need access to Women's Health Facilities | Susan Moen, Co president of AAUW Bellingham | 3/29/13 2:58 pm |
| Fairness | Lorie Rajput | 3/29/13 2:58 pm |
| Regulating Clinics that conduct abortions | John Dickhute | 3/29/13 2:57 pm |
| YES to regulations!! | Frances Bouton | 3/29/13 2:57 pm |
| Women's Health Centers | Lucy Brickey | 3/29/13 2:54 pm |
| Health of Virginia Women | Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield | 3/29/13 2:53 pm |
| Women & Reproductive Health Care | Roberta Littlefield | 3/29/13 2:53 pm |
| Overregulation of women's health care clinics | Nancy Bazin - Former Women's Studies Director at Old Dominion University | 3/29/13 2:52 pm |
| Women's health | Melissa | 3/29/13 2:49 pm |
| Oppose TRAP | Jennifer MacArthur | 3/29/13 2:44 pm |
| Reject the proposed regulations | Herbert L. Sebren,Jr. | 3/29/13 2:38 pm |
| Health of Virginia Women | Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield | 3/29/13 2:36 pm |
| Please remove the intrusive TRAP regulations and keep Virginia's women's health centers open | Ronald Gaykema | 3/29/13 2:35 pm |
| My Medical Choices Are My Own, Not yours to make for me. | Autumn Barnes | 3/29/13 2:34 pm |
| Opposing the Anti-Abortion TRAP in VA | K. March | 3/29/13 2:34 pm |
| TRAP Regulations | Martha Cassell | 3/29/13 2:33 pm |
| Targeted regulations on abortion providers (TRAP) | Talbott Hagood | 3/29/13 2:30 pm |
| Targeted regulations on abortion providers (TRAP) | Talbott Hagood | 3/29/13 2:29 pm |
| Placing TRAP restrictions on crucial health centers is backwards and cruel | Amber R | 3/29/13 2:28 pm |
| Comment on Health Center Regulations | Amy Bergmann | 3/29/13 2:26 pm |
| Personal Freedom | Dianne Duncan Perrote | 3/29/13 2:25 pm |
| Stop TRAP!!! | Ann McCaffray | 3/29/13 2:25 pm |
| Opposed to changes to regulations on Abortion Providers | Stephanie Richmond | 3/29/13 2:24 pm |
| Stop TRAP!!! | Ann McCaffray | 3/29/13 2:24 pm |
| Virginia Women's Health centers | Kathleen Benson | 3/29/13 2:22 pm |
| VA's proposed abortion clinic regulations | Laurie Crawford | 3/29/13 2:22 pm |
| TRAP legislation is dangerous for women | Amy Nichols-Belo | 3/29/13 2:21 pm |
| Comment regarding Draft Permanent Regulations | Stephen H. Bendheim, MD | 3/29/13 2:21 pm |
| Comment regarding Draft Permanent Regulations | James E. Ferguson II, MD, MBA | 3/29/13 2:21 pm |
| Keep Planned Parenthood | Christina E Bruce | 3/29/13 2:19 pm |
| Do not overregulate women's health care centers, thus impeding access to health care and abortion | J Wilson | 3/29/13 2:18 pm |
| New Regulations | a concerned healthcare worker | 3/29/13 2:15 pm |
| Public Health | Sam Inabinet | 3/29/13 2:14 pm |
| Oppose TRAP regulations | Jeff Huff | 3/29/13 2:12 pm |
| Abortion Provider Restrictions are Common-Sense | Tobin Anthony | 3/29/13 2:12 pm |
| Reproductive justice for all women | Micki Parr, UniteWomen.Org-VA | 3/29/13 2:05 pm |
| Regulatory action on health care clinics | Cinny Poppen | 3/29/13 2:01 pm |
| Regarding regulations for women's health centers that provide abortion care: | Denise Young | 3/29/13 2:00 pm |
| TRAP | Minnie Fleming | 3/29/13 1:56 pm |
| I oppose the harmful effects of TRAP legislation | Megan McLaughlin | 3/29/13 1:51 pm |
| Support TRAP | D Dean | 3/29/13 1:50 pm |
| TRAP regulations | Jean R. Conrad, Citizen | 3/29/13 1:46 pm |
| I oppose TRAP regulations | Marissa Mack | 3/29/13 1:42 pm |
| TRAP | susie osser | 3/29/13 1:38 pm |
| Better Regulation Laws | Claudia Kudiabor, UVA Student | 3/29/13 1:35 pm |
| Restricting Access for Provider Exchange | Ann Campbell | 3/29/13 1:33 pm |
| Absolutely against TRAP Laws, it's a war against women's rights' to choose for themselves | Corrine Hoffmeyer | 3/29/13 1:32 pm |
| TRAP regulations | Suzanne Knight | 3/29/13 1:32 pm |
| Women's Health | Sol Troy | 3/29/13 1:29 pm |
| Women's Health Rights | Phillip Nelson, Ph.D., Retired | 3/29/13 1:29 pm |
| Women's Health | Edith Chutkow | 3/29/13 1:25 pm |
| Strongly Support the Regulations Desined to Protect Women's Health. | Robert | 3/29/13 1:23 pm |
| Don't Cut Safe Access to Reproductive Healthcare! | Janet M. Maloney | 3/29/13 1:23 pm |
| Do not make a Mockery of this state | Michela Worthington-Adams | 3/29/13 1:19 pm |
| TRAP regulations | Pete Marshall | 3/29/13 1:18 pm |
| Targeted Regulations Against Abortion Providers | M. Goldberg | 3/29/13 1:18 pm |
| Targeted Regulations Against Abortion Providers | Mary Ann Bonadeo | 3/29/13 1:18 pm |
| Protect women's right to choose | Alison Denton | 3/29/13 1:16 pm |
| Permanent regulations for abortion facilities protect women | Virginia Baker, RN | 3/29/13 1:16 pm |
| Women's Health Issues | Mary Blackwell | 3/29/13 1:14 pm |
| Abortion Facility Regulations | Sean. none | 3/29/13 1:14 pm |
| Please Consider Revisions Before Implementation of Proposed Regulations. | Dr. Tanya Arney | 3/29/13 1:11 pm |
| Speaking out against TRAP regulations | Sarah Hogg | 3/29/13 1:07 pm |
| Disapprove of political gamesmanship that will limit access to primary healthcare. | Robert Walker | 3/29/13 1:06 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Megan Kelly | 3/29/13 1:05 pm |
| Please Make Fair Decisions Based on Science | Sheena Mayfield | 3/29/13 1:04 pm |
| new regulations for Women's health centers | Phyllis T McCafferty | 3/29/13 1:00 pm |
| Women's Health | Elizabeth T. Rahal | 3/29/13 1:00 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Mary, Arlington, VA | 3/29/13 1:00 pm |
| The Unnecessary Burden of TRAP. | Janette Murray | 3/29/13 12:57 pm |
| Opposed to TRAP regulations | Mel Johnson | 3/29/13 12:55 pm |
| TRAP laws | Olivia Krout | 3/29/13 12:54 pm |
| Drop Needless Regulations | Tom Field, American University Washington College of Law | 3/29/13 12:50 pm |
| I oppose TRAP | HeatherUmberger | 3/29/13 12:50 pm |
| We strongly urge that these regulations NOT be accepted as proposed | Tannis Fuller, National Organization for Women - Charlottesville Chapter | 3/29/13 12:49 pm |
| SB924 Regulations | Nancy Heckel, Individual | 3/29/13 12:47 pm |
| Protect Virginia from TARP | Susan H Shaw | 3/29/13 12:47 pm |
| OPPOSE TRAP | Janet Lundy | 3/29/13 12:46 pm |
| TRAP | Patricia Wilson | 3/29/13 12:45 pm |
| Yes to regulation.DC | Pam Perretta | 3/29/13 12:44 pm |
| TRAP | Mary Grandinetti | 3/29/13 12:43 pm |
| Why is there even a question about this? | Anne Marie | 3/29/13 12:42 pm |
| Please stay out o regulating women's reproductive rights! | Joan oberle | 3/29/13 12:42 pm |
| TRAP and Womens health centers | Joy Volarich | 3/29/13 12:39 pm |
| Keep abortions legal | J. Harold Boyd | 3/29/13 12:37 pm |
| Women's Health Center Regulations | Barbara P Nash | 3/29/13 12:36 pm |
| TRAP is not just a "political tool" | Dr David E Welch | 3/29/13 12:33 pm |
| Don't TRAP the women of Virginia | Caroline Hoover, private citizen | 3/29/13 12:33 pm |
| Please remove all Anti-Choice regulations and let women make their own choices | Tina Deaver | 3/29/13 12:27 pm |
| NO TRAP regs | Cindy Hiddemen, citizen | 3/29/13 12:25 pm |
| Regulation of abortion clinics | Maureen | 3/29/13 12:25 pm |
| TRAP laws | Beth R Donaldson | 3/29/13 12:25 pm |
| I oppose TRAP regulations. | Marissa Mack | 3/29/13 12:24 pm |
| Oppose TRAP | Pam Karthik | 3/29/13 12:21 pm |
| No to TRAP | Virginia Tyack | 3/29/13 12:20 pm |
| TRAP | Cindy Hiddemen | 3/29/13 12:16 pm |
| I oppose TRAP regulations | Brie Dubinsky | 3/29/13 12:13 pm |
| My feelings about female reproductive rights | Carolyn Maddamma | 3/29/13 12:10 pm |
| Women's Health Center Regulations | Vickie Long | 3/29/13 12:08 pm |
| Womens Health | Nan Moring | 3/29/13 12:06 pm |
| TRAP Regulations | Doug Banks | 3/29/13 12:05 pm |
| TRAP | Kerry Coffman | 3/29/13 12:04 pm |
| TRAP Regulations Deny Women Access to Comprehensive Healthcare | Emily Donaldson | 3/29/13 12:03 pm |
| I oppose the TRAP Regulations | Gloria Banks | 3/29/13 12:02 pm |
| WOMENS HEALTH | EILEEN & JOHN PETSCO | 3/29/13 12:01 pm |
| Board of Health ruling on abortion providers building requirements | Edmund A. Merriman | 3/29/13 11:58 am |
| OPPOSE TRAP Stop Limiting Our Constitutional Rights | Donita Prakash | 3/29/13 11:56 am |
| Stop TRAP!! | Lori Arbuckle | 3/29/13 11:55 am |
| NOT SCIENCE BASED | Bonnie Keller | 3/29/13 11:54 am |
| Protect Womens rights! | Hunter Cotterman | 3/29/13 11:53 am |
| These regulations are purely political, do nothing for safety, and only undermine women's options. | Kristina | 3/29/13 11:52 am |
| Highly Support Regulations | Michael Herrick | 3/29/13 11:52 am |
| Support small government - let women choose regardless of their position! | Ross Bailey | 3/29/13 11:50 am |
| All Women Deserve Acess to Health Care | Nancy McNamara | 3/29/13 11:49 am |
| Virginia Regulations on Abortion Providers | Gail Esterman | 3/29/13 11:49 am |
| Against proposed regulations | Sue Walter | 3/29/13 11:48 am |
| TRAP bill | A concerned voter | 3/29/13 11:46 am |
| Support regulations | J. Banasik | 3/29/13 11:46 am |
| Women's Health | Mildred Surber | 3/29/13 11:45 am |
| Stop Limiting Our Constitutional Rights | Donita Prakash | 3/29/13 11:41 am |
| OPPOSE FORCED CLOSURE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTERS | Frederick Leedy | 3/29/13 11:41 am |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | J. Douglas Ellena | 3/29/13 11:40 am |
| Oppose TRAP! | Adele I. Karp | 3/29/13 11:38 am |
| Board of Health decision on TRAP | Laura Neale | 3/29/13 11:38 am |
| Targeted regulations on abortion providers (TRAP) | Robert W. Widblood, PhD | 3/29/13 11:36 am |
| Women and Children deserve better | Ralph Hendry | 3/29/13 11:36 am |
| Abortion regulations | Jeff Sheppard | 3/29/13 11:35 am |
| TRAP | Mary Pettengill | 3/29/13 11:33 am |
| SB 924 Regulations | Mitchell Smilet | 3/29/13 11:31 am |
| Oppose TRAP regulations | Pamela Jiranek | 3/29/13 11:31 am |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Hugh Owen | 3/29/13 11:30 am |
| Safety first | Rita S. | 3/29/13 11:28 am |
| I strongly support this legislation | Phil Quinan | 3/29/13 11:28 am |
| Protect My Peers and Make Permanent the Safety Regulations on Virginia Abortion Facilities | Anne Bukowski | 3/29/13 11:26 am |
| Opposition to New Regulations to Women's Health Centers that Provide Abortion Care | Genevieve Miller | 3/29/13 11:23 am |
| Stop playing politics with women's health | Elizabeth Scott | 3/29/13 11:23 am |
| Stop TRAP! | Tenley Peterson | 3/29/13 11:23 am |
| stop the abortion TRAP laws, protect women's health | Nat Okey | 3/29/13 11:20 am |
| Women | Mike C. Beaty | 3/29/13 11:17 am |
| Regulation of TRAP | Pat Lebeau | 3/29/13 11:17 am |
| Oppose TRAP and amend again | Whitney Whiting | 3/29/13 11:16 am |
| TRAP | lee keller | 3/29/13 11:14 am |
| An Open Letter from People of Faith Who Believe in Reproductive Healthcare and Religious Liberty | Michael Mitchell, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice | 3/29/13 11:14 am |
| TRAP - Support It! | Bernie Ziegler | 3/29/13 11:14 am |
| targeted regulations on abortion providers | Anthony Jordan | 3/29/13 11:13 am |
| women's health | darlene ghosh | 3/29/13 11:10 am |
| SUPPORT and PROTECT WOMEN. | Teresa Hopkins | 3/29/13 11:08 am |
| Virginia’s women’s health centers | Nina Gibson | 3/29/13 11:08 am |
| Regulate!!!!!!!!!! | sandy bertini | 3/29/13 11:07 am |
| why are you making decisions for me, i'm not an idiot | janny frimpong | 3/29/13 11:07 am |
| Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care | Mary Maxfield | 3/29/13 11:05 am |
| TRAP | Jan Crerie | 3/29/13 11:04 am |
| Speaking out against the TRAP Laws | Janelle Germanos | 3/29/13 11:04 am |
| Virginia mothers deserve at least the same facility protections as we provide our dental patients! | John Marion | 3/29/13 11:03 am |
| Protect women’s access to reproductive health care | John Updike | 3/29/13 11:03 am |
| Public Comment on TRAP legislation | Sara Bohannon | 3/29/13 11:02 am |
| STOP Regulations that HARM Women's Health | Maxine Fraade | 3/29/13 11:02 am |
| Opposed to Women's Health Center Regulations | Lauren Gaskell | 3/29/13 10:59 am |
| TRAP regulations | Serelda Elliot | 3/29/13 10:57 am |
| My opposition to TRAP and other legislation ignoring the rights of women | Reta Harrington | 3/29/13 10:57 am |
| Regulatory action | Bonnie Oswald | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| Women's health issues in VA | Ron Gilliland, self | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| Support health & saftey regulations for abortion clinics | Ellen Ziegler, citizen | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| Necessary Reglation to Protect Women from likes of Kermit Gosnell and Leroy Carhart | K.K. | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| Protect Women in Sickness and in Health | Mary W. Pollock | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| bad restrictions | Anne McKeithen, private citizen | 3/29/13 10:56 am |
| TRAP Regulations | Cynthia Burwell | 3/29/13 10:53 am |
| Virginia's Women's Health Centers | foundation for pharmacology | 3/29/13 10:52 am |
| Virginia's TARP abortion phobia | Sandra Derr, citizen and voter | 3/29/13 10:49 am |
| Permanent Facility Regulations to Help Protect Women's Health | Virginia Catholic Conference represents Catholic bishops & their dioceses | 3/29/13 10:49 am |
| Please Protect Our Rights Because It will Protect Women's Health | Beth Levin | 3/29/13 10:48 am |
| Support the new abortion facility regulations | Beth Sullivan | 3/29/13 10:48 am |
| Stop TRAP regulations | Anita Clayton, MD | 3/29/13 10:48 am |
| women's health centers | Cheyenne Blackford | 3/29/13 10:46 am |
| TRAP | Scott Burger | 3/29/13 10:45 am |
| Say no to TRAP | Melissa McDonald | 3/29/13 10:44 am |
| Do NOT impose TRAP! | Wendy Murdoch | 3/29/13 10:44 am |
| Support TRAP | D.Coble | 3/29/13 10:43 am |
| women's clinic regulations | Jessica Lucia | 3/29/13 10:40 am |
| abortion regulations | alyssa nathanson | 3/29/13 10:39 am |
| Your intent matters | Dana Theus, InPower Women | 3/29/13 10:39 am |
| Support Permanent Regulations on Abortion Centers | Geneva Park | 3/29/13 10:38 am |
| TRAP | Kelley Bourassa | 3/29/13 10:38 am |
| Opposed to TRAP Regulations | K. Shepherd | 3/29/13 10:37 am |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Heather | 3/29/13 10:36 am |
| Oppose TRAP | Molly Claflin, Esq. | 3/29/13 10:29 am |
| Regulations a Must! | martha Maturi MD | 3/29/13 10:29 am |
| TRAP laws | Elizabeth Leonard | 3/29/13 10:28 am |
| My Reproductive Organs Shouldn't Dictate My Rights | Kate Miceli | 3/29/13 10:25 am |
| I SUPPORT THE REGULATIONS.... | Theresa Kritcher | 3/29/13 10:22 am |
| NO to TRAP | Melinda Baumann | 3/29/13 10:19 am |
| No to TRAP | Aileen Murphy | 3/29/13 10:18 am |
| VA TRAP regulations for Women's Health Centers | Maggie Clayton, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA | 3/29/13 10:14 am |
| Abortion facility regulations needed to protect women | Theresa Talavera | 3/29/13 10:11 am |
| Clinic Regulations- Oppose | Rebecca Spence | 3/29/13 10:07 am |
| TRAP laws | Megan Turf | 3/29/13 10:07 am |
| TRAP regulations | Heidi Nordberg, Ph.D. | 3/29/13 10:07 am |
| Protect all patients | Page Smith | 3/29/13 10:04 am |
| Women's Healthcare | Steve Baker | 3/29/13 10:00 am |
| Protects Women's access to health care | Nina Morris | 3/29/13 9:57 am |
| No to cutting safe access to reproductive health care!!!! | Lesley M.Balta | 3/29/13 9:55 am |
| TRAP regulations | Kirstan Watson | 3/29/13 9:54 am |
| opposition to abortion clinic regulations | Jessica Arons | 3/29/13 9:54 am |
| I oppose the TRAP regulations | Erika Meitner | 3/29/13 9:54 am |
| TRAP bills single out abortion clinics for unnecessary, politically motivated regulations. | Kimberly Glass | 3/29/13 9:50 am |
| New regulations regarding women's health clinics | Anne O'Brien | 3/29/13 9:49 am |
| Safety First! | Robin Doucette, RN | 3/29/13 9:48 am |
| Safety First! | Robin Doucette, RN | 3/29/13 9:48 am |
| TRAP | Elizabeth Zacharias Owens | 3/29/13 9:47 am |
| New regulations governing abortion clincs in VA. | Sara Long | 3/29/13 9:43 am |
| Official Comment, Re: Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities, 12VAC5-410-10 | Anna Higgins, Family Research Council | 3/29/13 9:38 am |
| Abortion Facility Regulations | Amy Pedagno | 3/29/13 9:37 am |
| Continue to Improve safety, inspections have shown regulations are required | bruce kemp | 3/29/13 9:36 am |
| Put women first- support the regulations | Francine Orr | 3/29/13 9:33 am |
| I am a woman and I am in support | Myra Hayde | 3/29/13 9:33 am |
| TRAP is not about women's safety | Erica | 3/29/13 9:28 am |
| Say "No" to TRAP | Katie Jones, Citizen | 3/29/13 9:24 am |
| I oppose TRAP | Paul Blundell | 3/29/13 9:21 am |
| Concerns over the extensive and burdensome new requirements for women's health centers | Rebecca Dennis | 3/29/13 9:21 am |
| I oppose TRAP regulations. | C. Luong | 3/29/13 9:19 am |
| TRAP | Meagan Cupka | 3/29/13 9:18 am |
| Support Abortion facility regulations | Kristin Elliott | 3/29/13 9:14 am |
| Learn from Texas | D. Neiman | 3/29/13 9:11 am |
| Safe Medical Procedures | Kathleen McKeon | 3/29/13 9:09 am |
| TRAP Laws and other laws trying to force women into the back alleys again with coat hangers | Susan Kang | 3/29/13 9:02 am |
| This is awful; I am opposed to TRAP. | Jonathan Arthur | 3/29/13 9:02 am |
| Abortion Regulations | Kelley McLean | 3/29/13 9:00 am |
| TRAP | Tiffany Royall | 3/29/13 8:53 am |
| Support TRAP regulations | Una Geary | 3/29/13 8:49 am |
| Make abortion easy, not difficult. | Sam Forrest, citizen | 3/29/13 8:42 am |
| Increase the Oversight! | Joseph Mazzara | 3/29/13 8:40 am |
| Support regulations for safety of women | Cindy Brake | 3/29/13 8:34 am |
| womens rights | Charmaine cox | 3/29/13 8:30 am |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [Under Development] [12 VAC 5 ? 412] | Rosanne Garvey | 3/29/13 8:09 am |
| Opposed to Regulations | william citizen | 3/29/13 7:59 am |
| Regulations of abortion facilities | Thea Rossi Barron | 3/29/13 7:52 am |
| Stay out of my business please. | Victoria Carll | 3/29/13 7:26 am |
| SUPPORT TRAP, SUPPORT SAFETY | Cara | 3/29/13 7:18 am |
| I support TRAP | Joanne Cawley | 3/29/13 7:13 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT TRAP! | Debra Kozlowski | 3/29/13 7:09 am |
| In favor of Regulation For Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Steven Neitz | 3/29/13 7:00 am |
| Making abortion "safe"? | Kathleen Foltz | 3/29/13 6:56 am |
| Center regulations | Heather Cordasco | 3/29/13 6:41 am |
| Oppose TRAP | Denise Leonard | 3/29/13 6:36 am |
| Support-Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | Bonnie Ryason, private citizen | 3/29/13 6:34 am |
| I oppose TRAP regulations | Chine Anikwe | 3/29/13 6:24 am |
| Support for TRAP | Jesse Pirocchi | 3/29/13 6:06 am |
| Abortion | A.J. Fiege | 3/29/13 5:33 am |
| Abortion Clinics | Bridget Torres | 3/29/13 5:20 am |
| Support for proposed regulations on abortion facilities | Justin Largen | 3/29/13 3:52 am |
| I support these regulations on abortion clinics. | Sarah T Jenislawski | 3/29/13 2:01 am |
| Abortion Clinic Regulations | Paul D. Whitehead | 3/29/13 12:59 am |
| Common sense | Tommy Valentine | 3/29/13 12:58 am |
| Yes to regulations! | Russell Bouton | 3/29/13 12:46 am |
| I support these regulations | Andrew T. Lewandowski | 3/29/13 12:36 am |
| Please support the regulations | Carol Wieseman | 3/29/13 12:25 am |
| Support the regulations. | Carol Wieseman | 3/29/13 12:23 am |
| Vote Yes | Rebecca Zadell | 3/29/13 12:14 am |
| Regulate abortion clinics to save lives | Ann Chapman | 3/29/13 12:09 am |
| Amending TRAP Regulations | Lyn Harris | 3/28/13 11:59 pm |
| TRAP | Kevin Long | 3/28/13 11:55 pm |
| Abortions are bad for women's health (and they end the child's). No regulations should be lifted. | Laura Tillotson | 3/28/13 11:49 pm |
| abortion clinic regualtions | Lynn ONeill | 3/28/13 11:40 pm |
| Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities | John H. Sturniolo | 3/28/13 11:38 pm |
| Please Extend the Regulations for Licensure | Melanie Bninski | 3/28/13 11:32 pm |
| I support all basic safety and sanitation standards for all medical clinics. | T. Albrigo | 3/28/13 11:32 pm |
| Support Regulating Abortion/Death Clinics. | Michael C. | 3/28/13 11:24 pm |
| Regulations | Lisa Gogal | 3/28/13 11:21 pm |
| I urge support of these regulations. | Locke Shufflebarger, citizen | 3/28/13 11:20 pm |
| Permanent Abortion Facility Regulations Help Protect Women’s Health | Maria Ruhl | 3/28/13 11:18 pm |
| Consider the benefits | Pete Kelly | 3/28/13 11:13 pm |
| For Safety Regulations on Abortion Clinics | Leslie Payne | 3/28/13 11:12 pm |
| TRAP regulations are good for women | Tina Vasicek | 3/28/13 11:10 pm |
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