Thank you for the opportunity to speak out on this issue affecting so many women.  I support the Board of Health’s decision to amend the medically-unnecessary restrictions designed to close safe, trusted women’s health care centers in Virginia. As a mother with daughters, I want to make sure they and all other women in Virginia have affordable access to safe, legal reproductive health care, I applaud the Board of Health’s decision to stop letting politics drive decisions that affect women’s health.

We can all agree on the importance of ensuring patient health and safety, but the restrictions on women’s health care centers in Virginia don’t do that. Medical experts, including Dr. Karen Remley, the former Virginia Health Commissioner, and the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists oppose these restrictions because it’s clear that the restrictions have nothing to do with patient safety and everything to do with politicians putting themselves between a woman and her doctor.

Thank you for your work.

Kind regards,

Jennifer Boysko

Herndon, Virginia