High Profile Case: Roe V. Wade

The Stare Decisis is a practice of deciding new cases with reference to former decisions, or precedents (Cross & Miller, 2015). This doctrine values the power of precedent and denotes that precedents established by a higher court are binding for all lower courts in the same jurisdiction. Judges need to follow these precedents and once courts has set forth principle of law as being applicable to a certain sets of facts, the principles must be applied in future cases concerning similar facts. (Cross & Miller, 2015).
In this high profile case, Roe v. Wade, a class action brought by a pregnant single woman (Roe) challenging the constitutionality of the Texas laws that prohibited abortion unless the women’s live was in danger.
This case was decided