By Julian Walker
August 30, 2011
"Officials at abortion clinics around Virginia said Monday that their offices do not meet building standards in draft state regulations, with one arguing that the move is "an attack on reproductive rights" intended to force clinics to close, not enhance safety as some proponents suggest.
One Planned Parenthood official said its seven clinics in Virginia may not meet all of the new physical standards without costly modifications. Among them are its five newer facilities, including the center on Newtown Road in Virginia Beach that opened last year.
Other clinic operators find themselves in a similar fix. An official at the Women's Wellness Center in Virginia Beach said that facility, as presently situated, would not meet the proposed regulatory standards. And Jill Abbey, director of the Richmond Medical Center for Women, which also oversees clinics in Charlottesville, Roanoke and Newport News, said that even though they've operated successfully for decades, their design doesn't match the pending rules.
"These regulations are not about safety, they're about closing abortion clinics, plain and simple," Abbey said, calling them an attack on reproductive rights by anti-abortion Gov. Bob McDonnell."
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/planned-rules-va-abortion-clinics-called-attack
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