Virginia Passes Bill That Will Close an Estimated 17 of State’s 21 Abortion Clinics…
Great news!
Richmond, Va. (AP) — Virginia took a big step Thursday toward eliminating most of the state’s 21 abortion clinics, approving a bill that would likely make rules so strict the medical centers would be forced to close, Democrats and abortion rights supporters said.
Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican and Catholic, supports the measure and when he signs it into law, Virginia will become the first state to require clinics that provide first-trimester abortions to meet the same standards as hospitals. The requirement could include anything from expensive structural changes like widening hallways to increased training and mandatory equipment the clinics currently don’t have.
While abortion providers must be licensed in Virginia, the clinics resemble dentists’ offices and are considered physicians offices, similar to those that provide plastic and corrective eye surgeries, colonoscopies and a host of other medical procedures.
Democrats and abortion rights supporters said the change would put an estimated 17 of the state’s 21 clinics out of business. Most of the clinics also provide birth control, cancer screenings and other women’s health services.
Posted by ZIP on Thursday, February 24, 2011, at 8:16 pm | 
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Gonna be a lotta angry liberals, poor shits.
Its not as good as passing a bill that says “Abortion is wrong and shouldnt be used as a form of birth control, so were shutting these down” …but its a good start.
I live in VA, and I’m shocked. The conservative grassroots tried to get things a lot less controversial than this passed and came up against libs just as ignorant and determined as those that passed ZeroCare. But this is outstanding news anyway!
What kind of gott-damned idiot would have something like that done in a place that was no better equipped than a freaking dentist office in the first place??
MissTammy says:
February 24, 2011 at 8:30 pm
What kind of gott-damned idiot would have something like that done in a place that was no better equipped than a freaking dentist office in the first place??
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The special type of idiot that voted for Obama.
Hallelujah! May more states follow God Willing.
Odictator will just issue an executive order and keep them open.
EarthToMars, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Maryland sucks. I need to move to Virginia.
Let the Left choke on their dildos……males AND females!
@EarthToMars and Axel
Excuse me but how could even the “Odictator”, keep filthy abortuaries open by executive order? There are limitations to presidential fiat engraved within the constitution, which the legistrative branch of government is suppose to oversee. You either sound hopeless or pro-abort. That is a trap. When you fall into it, you give this soft tyrant more power and credit than the office of POTUS allows.
Huh, or maybe you were just joking?
McDonnell has some stones!!!!!
why not make abortion the same as premeditated murder? thats what it is, and deserves nothing less than the death penalty
Wish it was all 21 but great news.
Add Virginia up there with Ohio.
How about some more changes so that the other 4 abortion clinics would have to close also.
Well Gov, there goes the black vote or does this mean the welfare is going to rise in Virgina. How about both?
why do the show a white baby in that photo ??? most abortions are black and that is good for the welfare costs which are supported by my tax $$$$. we don’t need more 30 year old grandmothers
you know what you get when you don’t have govt funded abortions for the poor, you get obama elected. think about it
You’re not gonna win 2012, VA, or the middle with social issues. There is nothing wrong with VA abortion laws unless you disagree with Roe vs Wade. And if that’s your battle, your timing could not be worst – our fiscal house is in shambles and needs restored. Focus on the majority electorate’s concerns.
the conservatives need to give up on abortions and gay marriage because that is not going to win them elections. there are to many voters that these things mean nothing.