Campbell County staff to draft code update defining "abortion facility" and requiring special-use reviews
After staff presented map- and definition-based options, the board signaled support for a local definition that would require a special-use permit for standalone abortion facilities and asked staff to advertise a code update for the July cycle; members debated 1.5-, 3- and 5-mile exclusion radii and hospital exclusions.
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Staff presented two main regulatory approaches for abortion clinics: a map-based exclusion that bars clinics within a set radius of schools and a definition-based approach that carves standalone abortion facilities out of the county’s professional-office rules. "The Virginia register of regulations provides the following definition for an abortion facility: a facility in which 5 or more first-trimester abortions per month are performed," Miss Roush told the board when reading state language the county could reference.
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