and cancer testing. sti testing. these are things that are very important to the women of virginia, but especially those groups that tend to be underinsured, uninsured, young, and rural women. they really depend on these facilities. i mentioned in the introduction that you re part of a group that has formed in virginia, specifically in response to this new trap law and these regulations from governor mcdonald. what are advocates in virginia doing at this point to try to strategize in this environment, and what do you think happens next after these regulations come out tomorrow? well, we definitely have formed a coalition to try to mitigate these regulations, to give us the best-case scenario, although we feel like being singled out is never a best-case
marginalized already. and this might be the only place they can go for their general health care needs. not to mention their reproductive health care needs, such as birth control, and their regular annual pap smears. and cancer testing. sti testing. these are things that are very important to the women of virginia, but especially those groups that tend to be underinsured, uninsured, young, and rural women. they really depend on these facilities. i mentioned in the introduction that you re part of a group that has formed in virginia, specifically in response to this new trap law and these regulations from governor mcdonald. what are advocates in virginia doing at this point to try to strategize in this environment, and what do you think happens next after these regulations come out tomorrow?
will require virginia s 21 clinics to meet the same standards as hospitals. keene says most, about 17 clinics can t afford the changes and valuable services will be lost. it s not just that they do abortion. they are doing family planning services. they are doing biopsies for cancer. they are doing sti testing and also treatment services. so there is a lot of things that women would start to miss out on. the legal opinion does not require action by virginia s legislature where analysts say it had no hope of passing because legislature is-split. now pressure will be on virginia s pressure to back up his attorney general and enforce new regulations on abortion clinics. that could be problematic. governor mcdonald is dealing with the same thing all other governors are dealing with, a very tough economic situation. that s his highest priority and he doesn t want to get in the controversial social issues. but he may have to because of this decision. virginia delegate bob marshal
will require virginia s 21 clinics to meet the same standards as hospitals. keene says most, about 17 clinics can t afford the changes and valuable services will be lost. it s not just that they do abortion. they are doing family planning services. they are doing biopsies for cancer. they are doing sti testing and also treatment services. so there is a lot of things that women would start to miss out on. the legal opinion does not require action by virginia s legislature where analysts say it had no hope of passing because legislature is-split. now pressure will be on virginia s pressure to back up his attorney general and enforce new regulations on abortion clinics. that could be problematic. governor mcdonald is dealing with the same thing all other governors are dealing with, a very tough economic situation. that s his highest priority and he doesn t want to get in the controversial social issues. but he may have to because of this decision. virginia delegate bob marshal