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A Man Is Suing A Clinic Where His Ex-Girlfriend Got An Abortion

He wants to "give a voice" to men who want a say in a woman's reproductive choices

A probate court in Madison County, Alabama, has recognised a womanโ€™s aborted fetus, dubbed โ€œBaby Roeโ€ as a person with rights, allowing a man to proceed with his lawsuit against the womenโ€™s health clinic where his ex-girlfriend obtained abortion care two years ago. 

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According to ABC 31, Ryan Magers says he begged his ex-girlfriend not to have an abortion and that the aim of his lawsuit is to โ€œgive a voiceโ€ to other men who want to say in a womanโ€™s reproductive choices. 

โ€œIโ€™m here for the men who actually want to have their baby,โ€ Magers said. โ€œIt was just like my whole world fell apart,โ€ Magers said.

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Magers has named Alabama Womenโ€™s Centre and the pharmaceutical company that makes the โ€œabortion pillโ€ that terminated the womanโ€™s pregnancy in a wrongful death lawsuit.
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โ€œIโ€™m here for the men who actually want to have their baby,โ€ Magers told ABC 31. โ€œI just tried to plead with her and plead with her and just talk to her about it and see what I could do, but in the end, there was nothing I could do to change her mind.โ€
Magersโ€™ lawyer J. Brent Helms said that before Magerโ€™s ex got the abortion when she was six weeks pregnant, he had sought legal action to try and stop her, he revealed in an interview with Refinery29โ€œRyan was all about family. He took on extra jobs to be able to pay for the birth of Baby Roe,โ€ Helms said. โ€œHe doesnโ€™t know why she didnโ€™t want to go through with the pregnancy.โ€

โ€œHeโ€™s not giving me a definitive answer to that question,โ€ Helms added.

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The attorney could also not give an exact age for Magerโ€™s ex at the time of the pregnancy, saying she was either 17 or 18 years old. After the abortion, Helms said the coupleโ€™s relationship fell apart and they broke up.

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