https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/24/abortion-clinic-reform-passes-virginia-senate/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 17:49:41 -0400<![CDATA[The bill requires that facilities that perform more than five first trimester abortions per month be subject to the same regulations as hospitals, which will hopefully help keep down the kind of abuses that were documented here by Live Action (and, much more horrifyingly, the atrocities committed in Pennsylvania by Kermit Gosnell).  This rather commonsense consistency in regulating abortions would be normally out of reach of the pro-life movement, as the Virginia Senate is 22/18 Democratic/Republican: however, two Democrats switched their votes after a parliamentary procedure forced them to take a stand on the bill.  This made the vote 20/20, thus allowing Lt. Governor Bill Bolling to break the tie.]]>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:45:46 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/24/abortion-clinic-reform-passes-virginia-senate-n38087