Thank you for voting to amend the medically-unnecessary and highly restrictive regulations for abortion providers in Virginia. Pregnancy termination is a deeply personal decision that never should be politicized.

I urge the Board to do all that it can to ensure that women’s health care centers in Virginia remain open and able to provide services chosen by women in consultation with their health care providers, without political interference.

Affordable access to safe, legal reproductive health care must be protected for all Virginia women.