To the Virginia Board of Health, 

I urge you to appeal the TRAP regulations passed in 2013. The TRAP regulations were advanced and implemented in order to reduce access to abortion without actually challenging Roe v. Wade, which affirms that the right to privacy extends to a right to have an abortion. They do not, in any way, refer to medical standards, and were not intended to make the procedure safer.

If the Board has concerns regarding the safety of abortion or the suitability of Virginia's clinics, it has a duty to adopt regulations that explicitly address those concerns. If the Board choses to implement such regulations, I will support them wholeheartedly. 

In conclusion, I urge the Board to actually advance women's health, by rescinding TRAP and, if necessary, implementing new rules which are actually applicable to safety.