Board of Health,

Yesterday marked the beginning of another public comment period regarding the crucial abortion center health and safety standards that are finally holding Virginias abortion industry accountable. During its last meeting, the Board of Health empowered the Department of Health to draft amendments to the standards in six specific areas. These areas include vital aspects of basic health and safety in abortion centers including parental consent and emergency care standards.We need you to tell the Board of Health that Virginias women need the protection of these abortion center regulations.The plethora of deficiencies revealed in basic Department of Health inspections has exposed the failures of the $2 billion abortion industry to put the safety of women before their company profits. These inspections uncovered widespread health and safety violations, including blood splattered exam tables and equipment, unsterilized equipment, poorly or untrained staff, violations of state parental consent laws, and the lack of reporting of possible cases of child sexual abuse, along with over 400 other violations. These violations reveal a serious need for health and safety standards of these facilities in order to protect women who seek abortions.I urge this committee to get the AG to investigate the propriety of Governor McAuliffe defending the abortion industry despite all of these horrific violations of basic health and safety standards, because he sold out the Governorship to the abortion industry for nearly $2 million during his election. Attempting to stop these standards is McAuliffes way of paying back the abortion industry at the expense of the safety of Virginias women! YOU have the responsibility to PROTECT Virginias women and uphold the law! Mary Weaver Mann