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Ferguson said the Oakley sunglasses fashion best online 1548 regulations he approved were "just plain good medicine, in terms of follow-ups for patients, establishing gestational ages and ensuring patients get appropriate care." But he said the set of regulations that came back to him from Cuccinelli's office were "much more restrictive" and included "a variety of different requirements that were unneeded for clinics providing first-trimester abortions," including a set of building requirements that were intended to apply to hospitals and surgical centers built in 2010. The temporary regulations approved by the Board of Health in Fall 2011, which it could make permanent on Friday, include physical requirements such as five-foot wide public hallways, new ventilation systems, covered front entrances and drinking fountains in waiting rooms. Currently, none of the 20 health centers that are applying for a license under the new regulations meet the building requirements, according to Tarina Keene, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. Proponents of the regulations, including McDonnell, say they are being put in Oakley sunglasses hot sale outlet 1549 place to protect women's safety. "The governor believes these common-sense regulations will help ensure that this procedure takes place in facilities that are modern, safe and well-regulated, in order to help ensure the safety and well-being of all patients," said Taylor Thorney, a spokesperson for McDonnell, in an email to The Huffington Post. Ferguson and other women's health advocates argue that the regulations are a solution in search of a problem. "That was the fundamental problem and overreach in all of this," Ferguson said. "Before I agreed to participate, I asked the question, 'Are we having a problem in Virginia? Is there a reason for these new regulations?' And I was told [by Karen Remley, the Virginia Health Commissioner], 'No, we aren't aware of any problems.'" Remley's office declined to confirm or deny Ferguson's account of the interaction. The power players involved -- McDonnell, Cuccinelli and Deputy Health and Human Resources Secretary Matt Cobb -- are all staunchly anti-abortion, with strong ties to the Family Foundation, one of the most active and powerful anti-abortion advocacy groups in the state. Cobb is married to Victoria Cobb, the president of the Family Foundation, who has been an outspoken lobbyist in the push to regulate abortion clinics for the past Oakley sunglasses best quality 2012 new arrival 1550 several years.

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