Virginia Public Radio

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Although they won’t take effect until an executive branch review and the final adoption period, new abortion regulations that hold clinics to the same health and safety standards as hospitals have been sanctioned by the State Board of Health. And now, those who are against them say the Board ignored the concerns of people it represents by not granting exceptions to existing clinics—and instead choosing to be pawns of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.  Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil explains.