Should abortion clinics be regulated like other outpatient surgery facilities?

[Raine1967]

22. Comparing Abortion clinics to outpatient surgery is a bit disingenuous, at least here in Virginia.

Seriously. Here in Virginia, they are being held to hospital standards, and we aren't talking about health care standards, we are talking about infrastructure.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/virginia-abortion-building-rules (from 2011 -- as you mentioned, Virginia adopted these regulations. The Board of Health that approved this last week was largely appointed by by AG Cucinelli, also a candidate for governor.)

New regulations that require abortion providers to comply with building codes designed for hospitals could force this Planned Parenthood health center to shut its doors as soon as next year. Unveiled in August and approved by the Virginia Board of Health last week, the rules would likely be impossible to meet within the space that Planned Parenthood currently rents on the third floor of a nondescript, brown-brick office building about 10 miles from downtown Washington, DC.

To comply with the regulations, the Falls Church office would have to nearly double the width of its hallways, to five feet wide. Its pre-op rooms would have to measure at least 80 square feet, and operating rooms 250 square feet. The new rules dictate the type of HVAC system the office needs to have, the number of parking spaces, and where the bathrooms should be located.

I've been to abortion clinics -- this attack against abortion-- and those that provide services isn't about competent staff and certified personnel.

You know what can go terribly wrong? A back alley abortion because clinics are forced to shut due to ridiculous regulations.