Commenter:
William R. Watts, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Marion
Make the regulation permanent
I strongly support the current regulations on abortion centers approved last year. These regulations should be made permanent.
The current regulations are reasonable, common sense measures to ensure that life-saving equipment is on hand, infections are prevented, and that clear written policies and building guidelines are in place. They were proposed by medical experts at the Department of Health and were approved 12-1 by the Board of Health.
Virginia's abortion centers must be licensed, regulated, and inspected to protect women’s health and safety.
I strongly reject the premise that abortion is “health care” because it ends lives instead of healing them But as long as abortion clinics are allowed to operate within the health care system it must be required to adhere to the same health and safety standards as other health care providers.