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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1/13/15  10:35 am
Commenter: Cheryl Winfield

Women health & services
 

I understand that Virginia wants to shut down health centers that provide reproductive services; yes, I do mean abortion-but think about this: If Republicans take away food stamps (Florida calls them SNAP), has taken or will take away expanded Medicaid or affordable health insurance; then women can't afford to have children. If you take away abortion providers, then have emergency contraception medicines available without cost, hinderance or restrictions from your state's religous leaders/menbers. Gone are the days where women are chattel or owned & governed like any kind of livestock-we women are humans! Unless you want women to start restricting your Viagra/other ED medications, and monitor your bodies as something to get under control-then please be ever so respectful to let women make their own reproductive choices. You have different ideas about abortion; just as you have a disagreement about a news article, but you don't fight to take away the First Amendment-so be it with reproductive choices. Since men are part of the problem, try getting other men to NOT get any women pregnant by saying 'a real man doesn't get a women pregnant/'knocked up'/or whatever other term being used these days, just to be a man. A real man would & shouldn't get a woman pregnant if she doesn't want her to abort his child'.  Just like boys & young adult & grown men should, no must, be told not to rape no matter what they need to not get any women pregnant-and be taught to 'pleaseure themselves' to respect all women by not taking a chance getting a woman pregnant, or making it solely her responsibility to 'deal with it afterwards'.

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