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 Amend Regulations Following Periodic Review
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 2/11/2015
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1/12/15  12:40 pm
Commenter: Eugenia Anderson-Ellis, VA League for Planned Parenthood

Commonsense regulations for women's health care providers, not TRAP
 

Curious that the very acronym TRAP is used to impose non medically based restrictions on Women's Health Care Facilities, rules that do trap them into extraordinary expenses and force many to shut their doors.  

Of course, the motivation is not safety but shutting down facilities that perform abortions.  Whether or not abortions are supported by lawmakers' religious beliefs is totally irrelevant.  We are a Commonwealth that separates state and religion.  Patient safety should be the sole consideration, not the kind of water fountains available nor the width of the halls.  Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures performed in the United States.  

I urge you to stick to evidence based regulations when monitoring women's health centers.   

Thank you for your service.

Eugenia Anderson-Ellis

 

 

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