| Action | Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities |
| Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
| Comment Period | Ended on 2/15/2012 |
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First trimester abortions are generally done without general anesthesia. First trimester abortion is one of the safest surgical procedures that are performed anywhere, when performed by a licensed medical practitioner. It is a safer procedure than:
But those procedures are allowed to be done in a regular doctor’s office. Dentists, Urologists, Proctologists, and Gastrologists do not need to have hospital standards to perform these surgeries. They don’t, for example, need to have access for ambulances.
In Virginia there are currently 22 clinics at which abortion, A LEGAL PROCEDURE, can be obtained.
Under the new law, only 5 of those clinics will be able to continue to operate.
Let me make this clear, THIS LAW WILL NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS. Abortion rates remain steady no matter how difficult safe, legal abortions are to obtain. What this law will do is make it more expensive to obtain an abortion.
AFirst trimester abortions are generally done without general anesthesia. First trimester abortion is one of the safest surgical procedures that are performed anywhere, when performed by a licensed medical practitioner. It is a safer procedure than:
But those procedures are allowed to be done in a regular doctor’s office. Dentists, Urologists, Proctologists, and Gastrologists do not need to have hospital standards to perform these surgeries. They don’t, for example, need to have access for ambulances.
In Virginia there are currently 22 clinics at which abortion, A LEGAL PROCEDURE, can be obtained.
Under the new law, only 5 of those clinics will be able to continue to operate.
Let me make this clear, THIS LAW WILL NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS. Abortion rates remain steady no matter how difficult safe, legal abortions are to obtain. What this law will do is make it more expensive and dangerous to obtain an abortion.
Thank you so much for your attention.