Virginia Governor Quietly Certifies Restrictive Abortion Clinic Regulations

Virginia Governor Quietly Certifies Restrictive Abortion Clinic Regulations: On the Friday between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) quietly approved new, stringent regulations intended to target abortion clinics. Virginia’s Board of Health adopted the new anti-abortion rules in September, and the governor’s certification is the next step toward making the regulations permanent — and potentially forcing many of the [...]/p