Virginia Board of Health Vote Forces Existing Abortion Clinics to Comply with Onerous, Unwarranted Regulations

by Gary Kopycinski on September 17, 2012

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All reproductive health care facilities offering abortion care will be forced to comply with new hospital construction standards

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Caving under intense political pressure from the governor and attorney general, the Virginia Board of Health voted Friday to require existing reproductive health care providers to comply with new hospital construction standards—a dramatic departure from its earlier decision to allow the clinics to continue providing care in their current facilities.