To Whom It May Concern:

As a citizen of VA, I am deeply distressed regarding the pending regulations to our women's health care centers. Many of the centers in the state will be forced to close, as some of these regulations require structural change to the buildings. This will only make it harder for women to receive access to the care they need. Furthermore, the population that will be most affected by the loss are low-income, uninsured, women of color who already struggling to find the adequate care that they need and deserve. What this debate comes down to is a debate about abortion, which isone of the safest medical procedures in the United States. Essentially, what the Governor wants to do is make it impossible to obtain an abortion in the state of Virginia. We simply cannot allow this to happen if we care about the health of women in our state. Overregulation will limit access to a wide range of preventive reproductive health care services provided by women's health clinics, including life-saving cancer screenings, family planning, and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. This has far reaching conequences which will be devasting to women accross the state.

Thank you for your attention to these matters. I appreciate your time.

Alexandra, Arlington VA