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RAGSDALE v. TURNOCK

Nos. 90-1907, 90-2123, 90-1908 & 90-2122.

941 F.2d 501 (1991)

Richard M. RAGSDALE, M.D., individually and on behalf of all other physicians similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bernard J. TURNOCK, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Kenneth M. REED, as Expectant Father and Next Friend of Baby Reed, et al., Proposed Intervenors-Appellants. Richard M. RAGSDALE, M.D., individually and on behalf of all other physicians similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Ritaellen M. MURPHY and Penny R. Greenwood, members of the Plaintiff class consisting of all Illinois women of child-bearing age who desire or may desire an abortion sometime in the future, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bernard J. TURNOCK, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Kenneth M. REED, as Expectant Father and Next Friend of Baby Reed, et al., Proposed Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Gilbert, Susan M. Kornfield, Lorie A. Chaiten, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Colleen K. Connell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Kathleen Kreisel Flahaven, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Terry L. McDonald, Harold E. McKee, III, Asst. States Attys., Cecil A. Partee, Office of the State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Craig H. Greenwood, Downers Grove, Ill., for proposed intervenors-appellants.

Lawrence J. Joyce, amicus curiae, pro se.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

The party class representatives in this case moved for approval of a proposed settlement and consent decree, and the district court granted their motion. Plaintiffs had challenged statutes relating to abortion. After the parties reached an agreement, two expectant fathers representing the interests of fetuses moved to intervene as of right. The district court denied their motion, and they have appealed. Also, two purported members...

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