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]
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7/31/14  2:07 pm
Commenter: Tricia Williams

overturn TRAP!
 

Overturn TRAP! You are interfering with needed medical care because of politics. There is NO medical basis for the ridiculous restrictions you placed on women's health centers especially given that you didn't force LASIK eye surgery centers and other doctor's offices that perform outpatient services to adhere to the new regulations!  This was clearly based on a religious view, not on science or medicine. The Board of Health must repeal and rewrite the current regulations of women’s health centers to protect women’s health and preserve access to comprehensive reproductive care. Doctors, health care professionals, and a majority of Virginians oppose these regulations. If the regulations are not repealed and rewritten, tens of thousands of Virginia women and families will lose access to critical medical care. The current burdensome and medically-unnecessary regulations will close women’s health centers, restricting access to the comprehensive health care these centers provide, like critical cancer screenings and birth control, including abortion. I urge the Commissioner and Board of Health to rescind these politicized restrictions and begin drafting new regulations that rely on evidence-based medicine

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