Case Study Roe V. Rockford

2. Who are the stakeholders in this case study and what are their interests and agendas?. Dr. Richard Ragsdale opened an abortion service in Rockford for the past 12 years. Because Dr Richard’ Ragsdale’s landlord refused to renew the lease, he was forced to move the site. When Dr Richard Ragsdale submitted paperwork to the state for the new location, he was advised that there is a public hearing to consider the need for the new facility. In addition, his new facility would have to meet the full set of regulations for Ambulatory surgical treatment centers (ASTC)s in which would increase the average annual cost to his patients by about $45 per patient. For the past 12 years his abortion clinic in Rockford served a large geographic area in the rural part of north and west Chicago. He challenges the state laws requiring certificate of need approval and licensing of abortion clinics, charging that these laws imposed an unnecessary and unconstitutional barrier to a woman’s right to access first and second trimester abortion services, thereby violating the right to privacy provisions guaranteed in the 14 amendment to the U.S constitution, the basic principle at the core of the Roe v. Wade decision. …show more content…
In which the investigation highlighted 12 women who suffered fatal infections or bled to death after an abortion procedure and dozens more who were seriously affected. After the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 there are increased of unregulated abortion services outside hospitals. Does a state have the constitutional authority to license, regulate and set standards for ASTCs that performed abortions? State argued that licensing regulations were necessary to protect the health and safety of women obtaining abortions at these