Protect Access to Women’s Health Care
Breaking News: VIRGINIA COALITION CLARIFIES ERRONEOUS NEWSPAPER STORY (PDF)
Read the comments submitted by the Coalition to the Board of Health urging the Board to change the onerous provisions of the temporary, emergency regulations
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Read the comments submitted by the Coalition to the Board of Health urging the Board to change the onerous provisions of the temporary, emergency regulations
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Contact Governor McDonnell: Urge him to stand with Virginia women during the permanent regulatory process
Red Tape Will "TRAP” Virginia Women
In March 2011, Governor McDonnell signed SB 924, a bill that classifies women’s health centers in the state as a category of hospitals, making them subject to new regulations created by the Department of Health. These laws are called "TRAP laws,” which stands for Targeted Regulations Against Abortion Providers.
Laws that target only abortion providers have nothing to do with the safe delivery of services for women and everything to do with legislators’ efforts to restrict access to reproductive healthcare.
Women’s health centers that provide a full range of comprehensive health care services could close because of an inability to meet regulations that have nothing to do with women’s health and safety.
Now that the governor has approved temporary regulations, final permanent regulations crafted by the Department of Health will go before the Board of Health for a vote on June 15. Learn more about the regulation process. Please join us on June 15 to demand that the Board pass regulations that will not harm Virginia women.
Be sure to sign the petition today and contact the governor to help us keep the pressure on Governor McDonnell to support regulations based in medicine, not in politics!
Now that the governor has approved temporary regulations, final permanent regulations crafted by the Department of Health will go before the Board of Health for a vote on June 15. Learn more about the regulation process. Please join us on June 15 to demand that the Board pass regulations that will not harm Virginia women.
Be sure to sign the petition today and contact the governor to help us keep the pressure on Governor McDonnell to support regulations based in medicine, not in politics!
