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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2/15/12  12:50 pm
Commenter: Rachel Shprintzen

Women need more access to affordable, high quality health care, not less....
 
  • Politically-motivated regulations that make it more difficult for health centers to provide high quality health care only make it harder for women and couples to access critical reproductive health care services, including life-saving cancer screenings, family planning, STI testing and treatment, and continued safe, legal abortion care.
  • The regulations - specifically the time and resources required to physically alter health centers for no medical reason - are likely to increase financial barriers/hurdles for patients as well as reduce women’s ability to find a health care provider.
  • At a time when women need more access to affordable, high quality health care, not less, we’re disappointed to see politics as usual by your administration. Low-income women and rural women will have even less access to safe abortion care and family planning services.
CommentID: 22828