Please, you must amend the proposed permanent regulations to ensure the continued availability of safe, legal first-trimester abortions and preventive reproductive healthcare!!  The proposed regulations are burdensome and unnecessary. They have no proven medical benefit and will only serve to reduce or eliminate patient access to healthcare. Women in Virginia need more access to affordable, high quality healthcare, not less. Instead of improving safety, these regulations will limit access to a wide range of preventive services provided by women's health clinics, including life-saving cancer screenings, family planning, and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. The regulations should be based solely on medicine and science and should not impede women's access to essential healthcare.

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