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 Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 2/15/2012
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2/14/12  12:11 am
Commenter: Louantha Kerr

One more reason regulations are desperately needed
 

Regulations are needed to ensure such things as basic sanitary conditions, adequate emergency equipment, protocols and access.  Another reason regulations are desperately needed is to provide the ability to monitor the abortionists. Those doctors who choose abortion as their work do not tend to be among the most skilled or reputable.  

The abortionist at Steven Brigham's clinics in Virginia Beach and Fairfax has a dismal medical record, having lost his license in multiple states.  The inadequate physician qualifications listed under Employment on American Women's Services'(Steven Brigham's company) website are shocking: Lucrative opportunity. Board certification not required, residents welcome, FMGs welcome. No experience necessary, will train.  

The abortionist at the Hillcrest Clinic in Norfolk was named in a lawsuit for performing an unwarranted abortion on a woman with an ectopic pregnancy which resulted in her fallopian tube exploding.

This is a short sampling of the unknown risks women are taking in the hands of abortionists in Virginia.  Regulations are desperately needed!

 

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