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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2/10/15  10:51 am
Commenter: Catherine Flaatten

Amend medically unnecessary restrictions and keep the government out of women's bodies
 

These regulations have nothing to do with practicing medicine or improving health outcomes. They are medically unnecessary political maneuvers aimed at attacking women's reproductive health care rights - rights that have been established as LAW since 1973.

The TRAP restrictions will NOT make anyone safer or healthier. They WILL impede women's access to safe, affordable care. They WILL force women into making choices that are not in their best interest - having an unwanted child, seeking unsafe reproductive care outside of normal medical settings, spending money they don't have to travel elsewhere for care, etc. This isn't right, and you cannot stand for it. Reproductive health care is still legal in this country, and these regulations represent a blatant, offensive attack on our freedom to choose our own health care.

You need to do the right thing and reverse these restrictions. Your job is to support health care based on science, not to let political/religious ideology run our government. Don't bow to the pressure of the anti-choice voice - STAND UP FOR FREEDOM TODAY AND REVERSE THE TRAP RESTRICTIONS.

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