in terms of what s going to happen on the ground in virginia, what do you see as the outcome here? we ve talked to people who are observers of how t.r.a.p. laws work and are designed to work. in mississippi we saw regulations targeted in which the people sponsoring that legislation openly admitted they were trying to ban abortion in mississippi by shutting down all the clinics. is it clear that that s what they re trying to do in virginia and do you think that s going to be the effect of these laws? absolutely. i think it s very clear that that s what they re trying to do. again, when the board of health said we re going to grandfather in clinics and then the attorney general says, well, i m not going to accept that, you go back and you do what i want you to do, i think it s very clear that they re trying to close clinics and, you know, the attorney general cuccinelli, he s running for governor next year and he s using this as his platform. and, you know, it s one thing to use a bu
who spent a lifetime as an antiabortion activist and his attorney general who also spent a lifetime as an antiabortion activist, these two aggressively have engineered a meeting of the state s health board that happened today. they aggressively engineered that meeting toward a decision that could have the effect of shutting down most of the abortion clinics in virginia. last year, bob mcdonnell signed a new law calling for special regulations just for abortion clinics. targeted regulations designed to make it economically impossible to operate an abortion clinic in the state of virginia. it s the same thing the republicans did in mississippi this year. these are called trap laws. targeted regulations. these do not apply to any other form of medical facility at all. the law would not apply for dental surgeons or for outpatient plastic surgery clinics. it s just for abortion clinics and it s very obviously designed to shut them down and it is expected to shut down a majority of abortion
antiabortion activist and his attorney general who also spent a lifetime as an antiabortion activist, these two aggressively have engineered a meeting of the state s health board that happened today. they aggressively engineered that meeting toward a decision that could have the effect of shutting down most of the abortion clinics in virginia. last year, bob mcdonnell signed a new law calling for special regulations just for abortion clinics. targeted regulations designed to make it economically impossible to operate an abortion clinic in the state of virginia. it s the same thing the republicans did in mississippi this year. these are called trap laws. targeted regulations. these do not apply to any other form of medical facility at all. the law would not apply for dental surgeons or for outpatient plastic surgery clinics. it s just for abortion clinics and it s very obviously designed to shut them down and it is expected to shut down a majority of abortion clinics in the state. infor
attorney general who also spent a lifetime as an antiabortion activist, these two aggressively have engineered a meeting of the state s health board that happened today. they aggressively engineered that meeting toward a decision that could have the effect of shutting down most of the abortion clinics in virginia. last year, bob mcdonnell signed a new law calling for special regulations just for abortion clinics. targeted regulations designed to make it economically impossible to operate an abortion clinic in the state of virginia. it s the same thing the republicans did in mississippi this year. these are called trap laws. targeted regulations. these do not apply to any other form of medical facility at all. the law would not apply for dental surgeons or for outpatient plastic surgery clinics. it s just for abortion clinics and it s very obviously designed to shut them down and it is expected to shut down a majority of abortion clinics in the state. informed estimates are it could shu
observers of how t.r.a.p. laws work and are designed to work. in mississippi we saw regulations targeted in which people sponsoring that legislation openly admitted they were trying to ban abortion in mississippi by shutting down all the clinics. is it clear that that s what they re trying to do in virginia mississippi by shutting down all the clinics. is it clear that that s what they re trying to do in virginia and do you think that s going to be the effect of these laws? absolutely. i think it s very clear that that s what they re trying to do. again, when the board of health said we re going to grandfather in clinics and then the attorney general says, well, i m not going to accept that, you go back and you do what i want you to do, i think it s very clear that they re trying to close clinics and, you know, the attorney general cuccinelli, he s running for governor next