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Hospitals must be safe and clean. Abortion clinics do not.
"An opinion issued Friday by the pro-life Republican comes after years of attempts by conservative legislators to pass additional restrictions in the General Assembly for abortion clinics, which in Virginia have been treated for regulatory purposes as physicians' offices.
"The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients. There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any lesser standard for their patients," said Brian J. Gottstein, a spokesman for Mr. Cuccinelli.
"Even pharmacies, funeral homes and veterinary clinics are regulated by the state," he said."
Virginia has decided to protect the health of the women who are aborting their babies--kind of ironic, huh?
"But he also cited a 2000 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that said regulations "addressing medical and safety aspects of providing abortions, as well as the recordkeeping and administrative practices of abortion clinics, and which applied to all abortions including abortions performed during the first trimester, were valid."
Mentioning rules implemented in 1981 that were withdrawn in 1984, Mr. Cuccinelli said Virginia "previously exercised this authority."
Good for Virginia. Wonder why Planned Parenthood opposes the safety of women?
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"An opinion issued Friday by the pro-life Republican comes after years of attempts by conservative legislators to pass additional restrictions in the General Assembly for abortion clinics, which in Virginia have been treated for regulatory purposes as physicians' offices.
"The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients. There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any lesser standard for their patients," said Brian J. Gottstein, a spokesman for Mr. Cuccinelli.
"Even pharmacies, funeral homes and veterinary clinics are regulated by the state," he said."
Virginia has decided to protect the health of the women who are aborting their babies--kind of ironic, huh?
"But he also cited a 2000 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that said regulations "addressing medical and safety aspects of providing abortions, as well as the recordkeeping and administrative practices of abortion clinics, and which applied to all abortions including abortions performed during the first trimester, were valid."
Mentioning rules implemented in 1981 that were withdrawn in 1984, Mr. Cuccinelli said Virginia "previously exercised this authority."
Good for Virginia. Wonder why Planned Parenthood opposes the safety of women?
More...