Hello,

I am writing concerning the emergency regulations that were passed in 2011 treating abortion centers more like hospitals, ensuring that they would be better equipped to deal with medical emergencies resulting from injuries caused by abortions.  It is absolutely critical that the Board of Health accept the strongest possible regulations, and that these be permanent regulations.

These regulations have huge life-saving potential; they were designed to guarantee safe and sanitary conditions for women procuring abortions. I rather desire that such regulations would not be needed, but in our current condition, they are needed.  As long as women are making the unfortunate decisions that lead to abortion, we need to guarantee their health and welfare through such a brutal ordeal.

I URGE you to consider making these regulations PERMANENT in the state of Virginia.