¶ Health Care Facility Regulations
¶ Karen Greenhalgh Vowed To Reinstate Restrictions On Health Care Facilities That Provide Abortions
Karen Greenhalgh Vowed To Reinstate Restrictions On Health Care Facilities That Provide Abortions. According to Karen Greenhalgh’s issues page, “Equality of Women Karen served as a counselor for women in crisis situations, facing critical decisions. The 2020 General Assembly lowered the basic health and safety standards that abortion facilities must meet, and removed requirements of informed consent from these vulnerable women. These medical service providers are no longer required to provide information which would be required for any other medical procedure. The current delegate voted in favor of these changes. As Delegate, Karen will fight to reinstate these protections for women.” [Karen Greenhalgh, Issues, 7/15/21]
¶ Forced Ultrasounds
AUDIO: Karen Greenhalgh Promised To Restrict Abortion Rights And “Reinstate Requirements For Informed Consent For Women.” According to Karen Greenhalgh in an interview with Elections Daily, GREENHALGH: “We have the laws were changed concerning informed consent for women looking at an elective abortion. And I would I would reinstate requirements for informed consent for women." [Karen Greenhalgh, Elections Daily, 7/15/21]
¶ Worked At A Crisis Pregnancy Center
¶ Greenhalgh Worked For A Local Chain Of Crisis Pregnancy Centers That Spread Misinformation To Prevent Women From Receiving Abortions In Virginia
November 2012-December 2017: Greenhalgh Was Clinic Manager At The Keim Center Of Suffolk. According to Greenhalgh’s LinkedIn profile, she “Served as Regional Office Manager for the Keim Center, a resource center providing medical services and other assistance for people in crisis situations. Our mission was to serve a population that found themselves in difficult situations by providing tangible guidance and solutions.” According to her profile, she “Served as volunteer until offered paid position of Center Manager in Keim Center of Suffolk” [LinkedIn, Karen Greenhalgh, accessed 4/12/21]
- July 2008, Virginian-Pilot: “The Keim Centers, Partners Of Crisis Pregnancy Center, Advocate Life.” According to the Virginian-Pilot, “The Keim Centers, partners of Crisis Pregnancy Center, advocate life, which is in tune with this year's theme: Life.” [Virginian-Pilot, “Three men and a car show have outgrown their space,” 7/27/08]
- June 2019: New River Abortion Access Fund: The Keim Centers, Including Suffolk Location, As “Fake Clinics” That “Do Not Offer Abortion Services.” According to New River Abortion Access Fund, “Fake Clinics: Here is a list of crisis pregnancy centers in Virginia. Avoid CPCs – they do not offer abortion services. […] The Keim Centers – Suffolk 302 North Main Street, Suite A Suffolk, VA 23434 keimcenters.com” [New River Abortion Fund, Fake Clinics, accessed 4/12/21]
May 2008-November 2020: Greenhalgh Volunteered As “Client Advocate And Center Assistant” At Crisis Pregnancy Center Of Tidewater. [LinkedIn, Karen Greenhalgh, accessed 4/12/21]
- Nicole Hancock On Crisis Pregnancy Center Of Tidewater: “These People Will Lie To You And Manipulate You, They Don’t Care About Helping You.” According to a Google review of Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater, “Religiously affiliated center that tries to pose as a clinic. If you have an unplanned pregnancy and want to know about all of your options, avoid this place. There are real clinics around here that will educate you on all of those options, respect your choice, and not push an agenda to guilt you into carrying a pregnancy. These people will lie to you and manipulate you, they don't care about helping you.”
[Google Reviews, Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater, accessed 4/12/21]
¶ Supported Forced Pre-Abortion “Counseling”
Sponsored Legislation To Require Mandatory Biased Counseling Prior To An Abortion.
Greenhalgh sponsored and voted for HB212, which, according to Planned Parenthood, “would have reinstated mandatory biased counseling before an abortion, interfering in the relationship between a patient and their health care provider.” [HB212, filed 1/10/22; HB212, vote on passage, 2/15/22; Planned Parenthood, press release, 3/16/22]
¶ Abortion
Karen Greenhalgh Tried Twice To Pass Legislation Criminalizing Healthcare Providers. According to Planned Parenthood, “Twice tried to get signed consent between a provider and their patient. Twice tried to pass legislation to criminalize health care providers. Voted against a Constitutional Amendment to let citizens vote directly on reproductive rights. [Planned Parenthood Action, viewed 7/26/2023]
Greenhalgh Volunteered As A Counselor With Local Crisis Pregnancy Centers, And Was Later Hired As A CPC Manager. According to WAVY, “Karen Greenhalgh founded Heritage Woodworks Inc., which lead to several growing Virginia Beach businesses. She has since sold her company and now spends her time serving the community, including as a volunteer counselor for local crisis pregnancy centers. She has since been hired by the centers as a manager, but continues to serve as a counselor. She also founded Cyber Tygr to address patient privacy and cybersecurity risks in healthcare.” [WAVY, 9/23/21]
Greenhalgh Supported Glen Youngkin’s 15-Week Abortion Ban. According to Greenhalgh’s campaign website, “I believe that all life is precious, and that is why I supported Governor Youngkin’s approach to limit elective abortion in Virginia to 15 weeks with reasonable exceptions for the horrendous crimes of rape and incest, or, to protect the life of the mother. I have worked with women and care deeply for expectant mothers. Women faced with the decision whether or not to keep their child deserve our love and support, but the Commonwealth must also do more to ensure young mothers and families have the resources they need to care for their child.” [Karen Greenhalgh’s Campaign Website, viewed 7/26/2023]
Greenhalgh “Called For A Broad Range Of Restrictions On Health Care Facilities That Provide Abortions. According to Salon,“Virginia Wins has given $5,500 to support state House candidate Karen Greenhalgh, a former manager at a chain of so-called pregnancy crisis centers, which often trick women seeking abortions into going to ‘fake clinics’ where they are dissuaded from the procedure, sometimes in misleading ways. Greenhalgh has called for a broad range of restrictions on health care facilities that provide abortions.” [Salon, 7/24/2021]