Virginia Still Has Time to Spring TRAP Law (Target Regulation of Abortion Providers)

[maddezmom]

Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2012, 12:37 PM - Edit history (1)

WOMENSENEWS)--Separate rooms for telecommunications and computer equipment.

Drinking fountains in waiting rooms.

Six-inch handles on all sinks.

Larger procedure rooms.

Covered entryways.

Such burdensome architectural changes are unrelated to patient safety and could cost providers a minimum of tens of thousands of dollars.

And that's the point.

By ordering these changes be made within two years, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, one of the nation's staunchest anti-abortion leaders, is doing his part in the nationwide process of chipping away at abortion access.

more: http://www.womensenews.org/story/abortion/120220/virginia-still-has-time-spring-trap-law

[Gormy Cuss]

1. The telling part is that the AG overruled the recommendations of MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

in terms of grandfathering existing providers. There isn't a medical or public health reason for this action.