Hello Board of Health. 

These regulations do nothing to protect patient safety; rather, they are a back door attempt to restrict access to a safe, legal medical procedure.

If regulations placed on women's health centers are based upon evidence-based medical practices that advance the public health, then women in the Commonwealth will be able to maintain access to vital health care from trusted medical providers.

The regulations will increase the financial hurdles to health care for patients, with no proven medical benefit to patients. Women need more access to affordable, high quality health care, not less.

Michele Sullivan