Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
Action Amend Regulations Following Periodic Review
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 7/1/2016
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5/27/16  7:33 am
Commenter: MARK MELANCON

abortion center safety standards and regs.
 

For the love of our daughters, wives and sisters- moms everywhere! - these are the people and the reasons we fight for when it comes to asking that your administration maintain, bolster and strengthen the regulations that are currently in place. They deserve to have the very best of care no matter where they go or why they go- but especially when it deals with such a life altering decision as they face in the centers. These centers are not primarily providing womens health or reproductive services as they state they are but are being used to facilitate abortions. Even though I am a staunch opponent of abortions I do understand that women everywhere should be given an option to choose. We are not fighting against that choice but instead we are fighting for their right to have medical procedures done in a safe and professional setting that has taken every contingency into consideration as it relates to the well being and utmost care for these women. It is the efforts of your administration, and those that have supported your desires to tear down the basic health and safety standards, that are demonstrating an unrelenting attack on the women's access to a clean, safe environment in which these procedures are being performed. Heck, we have more rigid health and safety standards at veternarian clinics than at most of these abortion centers- and you support them! If your amendments to the health and safety standards, as they currently exist,  are detrimental to the welfare of women- how can you stand on the platform and tout that you're all about providing womens choice and their safety is paramount?  I have yet to hear one woman state that she supports diminishing the requirements regarding emergency services or the medical staff or cleanliness of the facility. NOT ONE!!

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