For the first time, an unborn fetus who was aborted was recognized as a party in a lawsuit. Fox News reports:
A teenager in Alabama is suing an abortion clinic for terminating the life of his unborn child against his wishes. On Tuesday, an Alabama county court recognized the aborted fetus, “Baby Roe,” as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, making the case one of the first of its kind, his lawyer said.
Ryan Magers, 19, of Madison County, claims his girlfriend got a medicated abortion at the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives in Huntsville in February 2017 when she was six weeks pregnant, according to legal documents, even though he urged her not to terminate the pregnancy. Alabama recognizes the personhood of a fetus, so Magers is suing on behalf of the fetus and himself.
“Baby Roe’s innocent life was taken by the profiteering of the Alabama Women’s Center and while no court will be able to bring Baby Roe back to life, we will seek the fullest extent of justice on behalf of Baby Roe and Baby Roe’s father,” Attorney Brent Helms said in a statement. “The time is ripe for consistency in Alabama’s jurisprudence: either we fully acknowledge the personhood of the unborn or we cherry pick which innocents we protect and which ones we trash for profit.”
Madison County probate court Judge Frank Barger allowed Magers to name his aborted child as a co-plaintiff in his case against Alabama Women’s Center, a move that came just four months after the passage of an amendment that gave fetuses personhood, or the same legal rights as any other person, under the state constitution.
Even though this is a civil suit instead of a criminal trial, this could be a new way to rollback the horrific violence of abortion on America.
Sorry for the loss of Baby Roe. Good Luck-!!! Many Blessings–!!!
God has to be very angry about infanticide and we, the people, of a country which is murdering millions of babies will someday feel the wrath of God Almighty. We live in a country which is guilty of murdering millions of God’s children and our tax dollars support the genocide and that makes all of us guilty of being supporters of these murders. It is just a matter of time before everyone in our country is going to feel the wrath of God.
I applaud the young man. This is a GREAT step towards stopping this insanity. Adoption is the alternative with so many wanting.
he wanted her to keep the baby-but would not marry her? Piece of trash-he should have NO say in what happened-and I am not a proponent of abortion-especially the insanity it has morphed into.
Where did it say he would not marry her? I missed that and can’t find that part.
Gosh. Disagree for lack of information against the young man. Besides, many people don’t marry anymore. But perhaps he would have raised the child himself!!!!! Thus SHE would be the negligent parent, and HE would be the good parent.
I have often wondered why so much power is held by women when it comes to reproduction rights…if she doesn’t want the baby she has sole say to abort it, regardless if the man wants the baby and is willing to support it, yet she also gets to go after a man for parental support if she wants the baby even when he doesn’t. It makes no sense – women have it both ways.
Now if we could hear from some doctors who are against this tragedy it might even further the cause. I can’t see how you could take an oath to “Do No Harm”, and then murder a baby.
The attorney who filed this should be disbarred. The plantiff cannot prove paternity, so he has no legal standing even if the young woman says he is the father, so he is getting his and his clients name in print.
Guess you’re also a strong proponent of N.Y. law of infanticide. I don’t think this guy would go to all of the trouble of a NATIONALLY recognized lawsuit just to get his name in print. Believe it or not there are a LOT of parents out there that love their children and are proud parents. You can’t do that if they KILL your child.
There are Many women raising families alone, without any financial support or personal contact from the sperm donors. If a male wants the unborn baby he should Maybe be able to get a court order to receive what he Thinks is his baby. But that will again create a control of a women body. If all females and males had access to free or cheap birth control medicine, the problems of unwanted pregnancies would greatly be reduced. Note, many married couples do not want the unplanned baby. But many religions are against sexually active males and females single or married, against using any types of birth controls to prevent preganicies. Schools cannot give condoms to students. Planned Parenthood (PP) is more about performing abortions than preventing pregnacies. I am against ALL abortions after 5 weeks. And that the government should NOT fund PP for abortions. Give the local medical facilities the fundings to perform all types of female and male medical screenings. Many females will then stop using PP’s abortions as birth control.
The outcome of the lawsuit is where the real progress will be determined. If the suit fails, then nothing has been accomplished, but if it prevails, then real progress will have been made, at least in Alabama.
This makes my day! I hope other Fathers speak up like this guy. Im a single Dad of 3 and proud of it.