Laura Bassett
First Posted: 8/29/11
"There are 22 facilities that provide first-trimester abortions in Virginia, and all of them may have to close their doors over the next two years if they can't meet the state government's rigorous new health clinic regulations...
The rules, released late on Friday, borrow a number of very specific physical plant requirements from a rulebook intended for the construction of new hospitals. For instance, a clinic must have 5-foot-wide hallways, 8-foot-wide areas outside of procedure rooms, specific numbers of toilets and types of sinks and all the latest requirements for air circulation flow and electrical wiring.
"On the first read, it seems hard to imagine that many facilities will be able to comply," Jordan Goldberg, state advocacy counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, told HuffPost. "We can fairly say that the regulations as drafted are the most severe, onerous and restrictive that have been proposed anywhere. They're intended to apply to facilities that don't yet exist." "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/virginia-abortion-clinics-new-rules_n_940975.html?ref=mostpopular
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