The Virginia Board of Health is meeting now to decide whether to make abortion center regulations permanent. As you can imagine, abortion-on-demand proponents have made it a circus, protesting outside the building and carrying signs into the meeting room. The board was scheduled to hear as many as 70 speakers during the public comment section of the meeting, with vast majority coming from Planned Parenthood and NARAL and their allies. We’ll have more news as we get word from inside the meeting — we and allied pro-life organizations are there to present testimony in favor of the regulations — but in the meantime, here are some photos of what’s going on inside the meeting as I write:
Yesterday, however, it was mild. A pro-abortion group announced a protest in downtown Richmond, outside the Omni Hotel. It wasn’t quite this or this — remember February? In fact, in one picture, they seemed to pose for us.
[...] In a room packed with pro-abortion protestors that resembled a meeting of Occupy Richmond, dozens of people testified against the health and safety standards. Some, such as representatives of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists — who claimed to represent “every OB/GYN in Virginia” and incredibly said the blatantly pro-abortion organization was neutral on abortion — declared that abortion is “safe” and in no need of regulation. This despite absolutely no official record keeping of complications or deaths associated with abortion and recent episodes of botched abortions. Many of the usual suspects, from the ACLU to NARAL lined up to challenge the standards, often accusing supporters of “imposing their political agenda” on abortion, etc. [...]
[...] Scenes From The Board Of Health Meeting [...]