City council urges Virginia to regulate abortion clinics

Manassas council urges Virginia to regulate abortion clinics: Opponents of abortion in the Manassas area scored a victory Monday when the City Council passed a resolution supporting the Virginia attorney general's August legal opinion that the state can impose stricter regulations over first-trimester abortion clinics. Manassas is home to Amethyst Health Center for Women, a clinic that performs first-trimester abortions and has been open more than 20 years.