Fellow citizens:

It is patently obvious that the TRAP legislation is designed to end the provision of abortion services in Virginia. If the legislature wants to ban abortions, they should pass legistlation to do so. The type of foolish, behind the back, techniques that TRAP represents decrease people's belief in the ability of the Commonwealth to make informed choices on behalf of all Virginians. From what I can gather, there appears to be no medical justification for the regulations that TRAP will impose. I guess that someone could feel smugly pround that he or she was able to accomplish a goal (ending abortion in Virginia) without passing legislation that explicitly does this. But is that any way to govern?

Sincerely yours,

John B. Nezlek