In a major victory Friday for abortion rights advocates, Virginia health officials backed off previous attempts to force new standards on 23 facilities that provide first-trimester abortions.
The Virginia Board of Health voted 7 to 4 to exempt existing providers from rules that would have required their facilities to meet structural standards currently only required of hospitals.
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