Judge says lawsuit can go forward with aborted baby as co-plaintiff

 Madison County judge has recognized the legal rights of an aborted baby under an Alabama law approved by voters in 2018, paving the way for the baby’s father to sue the makers of the pill used in the abortion and the abortion clinic who gave it to the baby’s mother.

Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger issued a decree in February stating “Baby Roe” is a person and may be named as co-plaintiff in a wrongful death suit filed by father Ryan Magers against the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives, its employees and a pharmaceutical company who manufactured the abortion medication.

In November 2018, Alabama voters approved the Alabama State Abortion Policy Amendment, which made it state policy to “recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life.” (TAB)