The suggested amendments would make it easier for the abortion industry to deceive women into believing they've had an abortion when they haven't.  Don't believe that happens?  Guess again.  The Planned Parenthood in Richmond did just that, whether intentionally or simply through neglect.  Under current regulations, the "conception material" obtained from the abortion must be sent to a lab to verify that it is indeed a human being.  The proposed changes would leave it up to the abortion center to make that determination.  

Incredibly, at the abortion center in Fairfax that had its license suspended recently, violations include a lack of training for staff who were assigned to determine if the "material" was indeed a baby.  The staff member given the task said, "Well (another staff member) came and showed me how a couple of times and then the rest I learned from other staff members.  I catch on quick...."

Another change is a top goal of the abortion industry: differentiate between surgical abortions and so-called “medication” abortions (i.e. chemical abortions).  The industry claims that with “medication” abortions all they do is “write a prescription,” but that is far from the truth.  They want to differentiate because they claim that some abortion centers do “only medication” abortions and therefore shouldn’t be held to the same health and safety standards as those that do surgical abortions.

But, according to inspection reports at the Virginia Women’s Wellness Center in Virginia Beach, it was discovered that for 36.6 percent of patients that had medication abortions in January 2014, a repeat medication dose or a surgical procedure was required to complete the abortion.  According to the FDA, RU-486 is only to be used until 49 days gestation and if used according to FDA guidelines has an 8 percent failure rate.  The farther along in gestation a woman is, the more likely it is that RU-486 will fail.  According to the New England Journal of Medicine, statistics indicate that there is a 17 percent failure rate at 50-55 days, and a 23 percent failure rate at 57-63 days.  Virginia Women's Wellness' rate of 36.6 percent failure is over four times the average.  Its plan to correct the problem:  “These cases will no longer be documented in the complication log.” 

And, of course, the $1 billion abortion industry is crying it doesn't have the money to improve access to their facility for medical personnel in emergency situations, such as having wide enough doors and hallways.  Removing the building requirements is the primary goal of the McAuliffe administration's amendments - all to help the abortion industry save money.  Money it needs because the 26 percent drop in abortions in Virginia since 2009 has cost the industry nearly $3 million!  Some of that drop can be attributed to six abortion centers closing, in part due to the higher medical standards.