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Morality politics
are hard on women
 Morality politics are hard on women
This is not a good year for Virginia women, writes Fredericksburg.com. Legislators played morality politics during the 2011 legislative session by passing Senate Bill 924.
This law mandates that new regulations be placed on women's health centers that provide first-trimester abortions while giving a blanket exemption to all other outpatient office-based surgical centers. Extensive architectural, procedural, staffing, and equipment requirements are unnecessary for ensuring the continued safety of first-trimester abortion services.
These unjustified regulations impose burdensome and costly requirements that are not medically necessary or appropriate, and that are not imposed on Virginia medical providers performing other in-office procedures. If a woman's health is at risk, as some claim, then would it not also be just to make sure other outpatient office-based surgical services be mandated to do the same?
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