Permanent health centers regulations (TRAP regulations)
I am writing to express my concen over the proposed TRAP regulations that are proposed for the state of Virginia.
The regulations will increase the financial hurdles to health care for patients, with no proven medical benefit to patients. In these difficult economic times women need more access to affordable, high quality health care, not less. These proposals are a backdoor attempt to block women from a legal, legitimite health care procedure.
As a retired critical care paramedic in the state of Virginia, I have witnessed firsthand what is done to unwanted children with horrific results. You can not force someone to love and care for children and these proposals will have that unwanted outcome. There are no support structures being proposed to accomodate the increase in births that will occur with these proposals. These proposals will also impact women in the state and lead to a lower level of care and accessibility to vital health care procedures and precautionary testing.
Over-regulation 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.
The high standard of care provided by women's health centers is proven by their impressive safety record. Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures. Over-regulation 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
Please reconsider and do not support these new regulations.
