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Governor Signs Law Threatening Reproductive Freedom

New law may force Board of Health to illegally restrict access to abortions.

Richmond, VA — Governor Bob McDonnell has signed a bill requiring the Virginia Board of Health to issue regulations requiring abortion clinics that perform five or more first trimester abortions a month

March 29, 2011 Reproductive Rights