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ORD1. NANCIC NO. 53-77
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<br />BY:
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<br />th.r:.,¢r:;. Brockmnn, (:Itttmock, Magnet
<br />McBride, Salmon, Stnagra, Usher
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<br />AN .F, IIER¢;I;NCY ¢}RI}INAN¢3'; ti, ~:,HH, lcment I1.. t;tm~,rnl OFfen~.. Code
<br />of the Codifi. ed Ordln:mco~ .f lhe Cl. ty of 1.:~kew,),,d by e.acti, nR n~.w Chapter 503
<br />thereof e~tabll~hing rcg~latto~ f.r tho operation of freeotandlng 8urgical
<br />outpatient f~ctltttes within the City of Lakewood.
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<br /> WHERI~AS, the cttlz.ns of Lakewood are entitled to the highest
<br />standards of health care; anti
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<br /> h~II.;RI';AS, tim Co,mol1 .f ti.' ~;lly (~r l,:~l.-~.wm~d I~ a~are of the (levelon-
<br />ing trend toward the establishment of freestanding surgical' outpatient facilities;
<br />and
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<br /> WlIERI,~AS, the .~,~rgl. cal proc-dure~ performed ]n such f,~cilities are
<br />not free from danger without provision for certain basic safeguards; and
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<br /> WI1ERI'~AS, ,,u~ch fncilltJcn grow. rally pr.vid~ a limited range of
<br />surgical services, performed on an outpatient ba.~ls; and
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<br /> WIIF. REAS, tim exir. t('n,'e ;md pr6ftl:H,£11(¥ of such facilities depends
<br />on the volume of procedures therein performed; and
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<br /> WIIEI~EAS, currently exi.~tinc res,..lnli,,ns ;md professional standards do
<br />not address the sp-r'tal prohle.L,: a~.~ocinlcd with the type of services provided
<br />by freestanding outpatient facilltic~; and
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<br />WIll';gilAS, frce.~t;It~dinF, .~urgjcnl ou!pn! im~l f;w'llltle~ which provide
<br />pregnancy tcrn, ln;~l i-ns, ob~;r,,I, ric;~l ~';l~'~,, n.d h~,,.:~n ~lerll. izatlon ~;ervlcos
<br />face special prohl~.m~; ;l~.[ f,mctio. In ;~u nt~,a wh~,rt, tl.'ro ;ire Sl..clal plsynicnl,
<br />legal, medical, em-ti,mai ami ethical consideration ,which have present and future
<br />social implications for patients; and
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<br /> WHI';RF, AS, the Conn.'il of thP Cily of I,:~k('wood hn~ consid.red that the
<br />Supreme Court of the United States and other federal courts have declared that:
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<br />Slate :md tmmicil~nl gov('rnment.~ h:lve lel.~iti, mnte [ntet'emt.q ]n
<br />Inn,,ring Ih;~l; abott:i.n~: are perf(~rtm',l under circumstances that
<br />assure ~,saximurn safety for the patient;
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<br />2. Stat. and m,~n[cipal ;;.vernments h:,ve a Valid and important interest
<br /> in encouraging childbirth;
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<br />State mid numl,'ipn] r.,,vvrnm(~nl~ hay(, a. important nnd lecIttmnte
<br />taters.st tn pr-~ectl.g the potentiality nF hum;m life, aud that
<br />al t:lm~Hd~ thin interest doe~ not al(me become sufficiently
<br />compelling to ~u~tify und. ly burdensome ~tate and/or municipality
<br />interference with the woman's privacy until the time at which
<br />the fetus becomes viable, that nevertheless this interest ts
<br />stt. ll a'gignlficnnt state, and/or m, mlCil,al, fty ]ut. croat existing
<br />throughout t[~e entire course of the woman's pregnancy; and
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<br />4. State mhd m.nicll~ai govermnents h:lw.' ;tn unq~m:;tlonnhly strong and
<br /> legltlmhte interest in cato. raging normal childbir'th; and
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<br /> WIIEI(I';AS. thi'.q C-,,,icil i.~ aunt. of a great ~leal of misinformation and
<br />ignorance about the development pf the potentiality of human life .In the womb
<br />from the time of conc6pti~n onwards tmtll Ihe hirth of the child, and many
<br />people, tnclud.lng l, ro~n;,.t: wm,-n, are m~t aware of II, l~ dov(.lop,,m.t, ami d,m to
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<br />devel element., and
<br />life tn the womb c:t. h:lw' :1 deci~;Ive Infirm.ce upoll I:l~e exercise hy a pre~r;mt
<br />woman of her constitutionally protected right to privacy with regard ~o abortion,
<br />and
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<br /> I411EREAS, l.nkew(.,d City Co~mc|l 'ts cognizant of thc fact that certain
<br />freestanding s.rgical ot, tp:~ient facilities In the State of Ohio have provided
<br />substandard patient care, and
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