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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2/9/15  7:53 pm
Commenter: Kenneth Olshansky,M.D. , Healthcare

WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER REGULATIONS
 

THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS CRITICAL. ANY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE NEED TO BE BASED ON GOOD SCIENTIFIC, EVIDENCE BASED DATA. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE PREVIOUS BOARD ENACTED ONEROUS RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION CLINICS WITHOUT DATA TO BACK UP THE NEED FOR THESE RESTRICTIONS. I IMPLORE THE BOARD TO LOOK AT ALL DATA AND REVIEW THE CURRENT REGULATIONS. IF THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE THEN THEY SHOULD BE REVISED . NO MATTER WHAT THEIR DECISION, THE BOARD SHOULD ACCOMPANY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS CITING DATA THAT SUPPORTS THEIR DECISION.

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