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 Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 7/1/2016
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5/5/16  9:29 pm
Commenter: Patricia Kane Froehlich

Please maintain strict Board of Health safety regulations for abortion clinics.
 

I have written repeatedly and I don't know what I can say further to impress upon you how crucial is the need to enforce strict safety regulations in all Commonwealth medical clinics, including abortion centers.  As a medical professional myself, just considering the psychological trauma alone, of women undergoing abortions (please view the film "The Silent Scream"), leaves me breathless with horror.  But the D&C/D&E procedures performed by unregulated -- and therefore unsafe -- abortion "clinics" (sometimes without anesthesia for those who cannot afford to pay for that) often have more in common with the horrors of so-called "back-alley" abortions than with anything that could be termed "healthcare".  In the name of our loving God, please get past the denial and SEE  the cruel negligence we are allowing!    With you in prayer,  Patricia Froehlich RN BSN

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