Manassas vote called threat to abortion clinic

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Proposed zoning changes would restrict abortion clinics in Manassas

Virginia Politics
By Perry Stein April 27

The Manassas City Council and mayor voted 4 to 3 Monday evening in favor of sweeping changes to the city’s zoning code — changes that opponents said could threaten the survival of the city’s sole abortion clinic.

The proposed updates to the city’s decades-old zoning laws contain an amendment that would require medical care facilities, including abortion clinics, to obtain a special use permit that would be granted only after a period of public comment and City Council approval.

Advocates for abortion rights say this permit would be nearly impossible to obtain considering the city’s overwhelmingly Republican council. Opposing the measure Monday were the council’s lone Democrat, Ken Elston, the council’s only woman, Republican Sheryl Bass, and Republican Mark Wolfe. ... Mayor Harry J. Parrish II (R), who delivered the tie-breaking vote approving the zoning changes, is running for a state Senate seat. This was a preliminary vote; a second vote is scheduled for May 11.

Typical dentist and physician offices would not be subject to the zoning change. Opponents of the change said there was no medical reason for abortion clinics to be subjected to it, either. They said the zoning change was a veiled effort to restrict access to abortions.

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1. Send in the Natl Guard, remove the local criminal politicians working to deny

constitutional rights.



Arrest them, jail and indict them