Action | Amend Regulations Following Periodic Review |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/11/2015 |
The Board of Health must rewrite the current regulations of women’s health centers to focus on preserving access to quality care and ensuring they are based in medicine and science. Doctors, health care professionals, and a majority of Virginians oppose these regulations. If the regulations are not rewritten to protect medical integrity, tens of thousands of Virginia women and families may lose access to critical medical care. The medically unnecessary restrictions may close women’s health centers, restricting access to the comprehensive health care these centers provide, like critical cancer screenings and birth control, including abortion. I urge the Commissioner and Board of Health to rewrite these politicized restrictions so that they rely on evidence-based medicine.