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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5/13/16  10:16 am
Commenter: Jerald Akers

Department of Health seeking comments about proposed amendments for abortion centers
 

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.  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.

Additionally, another amendment wants to change health and safety standards of those abortion centers who perform "medication abortions".  We need to protect women and provide the same top health and safety standards for all abortion centers.  It has been found, approximately 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.  

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