"As the Post reported, the Fairfax City Council voted last night to create the new term “medical care facilities” in its zoning law. These facilities must “obtain a special use permit” that costs $4,800 and requires approval from the council. Not included in the definition of medical care facility? A physician’s or dentist’s office. Rather, abortion clinics will now be treated as a hospital, urgent care facility or surgical center."
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“While the wording remains vague, it is absolutely clear that this ordinance could be used as a back-door means of blocking access to reproductive health care,” Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, said in a statement. “Women’s health centers that provide first-trimester abortion care—a service that’s minimally invasive, common, and safe—should be treated like any other physician’s offices providing services such as dentistry, oral surgery, and colonoscopies. Instead, this ordinance singles out women’s health centers for an onerous, expensive, and arbitrary approval process. Thanks to the votes of four city council members, it will now be incredibly difficult for a women’s health center to open and operate within Fairfax City.”

SOURCE: https://dcist.com/story/13/07/10/critics-object-to-fairfax-countys-n/
 

"A women’s health care clinic in Fairfax City that performed more abortions than any other location in Virginia has closed, and it’s unclear whether it will reopen elsewhere. The closure, and the clinic’s difficulty finding new space, highlight a growing issue in the abortion debate: changes in local and state regulations and standards for abortion clinics."

"The Fairfax City Council then became aware of the clinic's attempt to relocate. On Tuesday, the council amended its zoning ordinance to require that all clinics, henceforward to be called medical care facilities, obtain a special-use permit and approval from the council. Previously, clinics were treated the same as doctor's offices and were not required to go through the city council."

SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-city-abortion-clinic-busiest-in-virginia-closes/2013/07/14/23f3d450-eb17-11e2-8023-b7f07811d98e_story.html

"Council members Steve Stombres, Jeff Greenfield, Dan Drummond and Michael DeMarco voted in favor of the amendment."

SOURCE: https://patch.com/virginia/fairfaxcity/fairfax-zoning-amendment-clashes-with-abortion-rights