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ItsjustMe

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Sat Sep 23, 2023, 01:23 AM Sep 2023

US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills

US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills

Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

Jessica Burgess, a Nebraska mother accused of helping her teenage daughter use pills to end her pregnancy, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison.

Burgess and her daughter, Celeste Burgess, stand accused of working together to end Celeste Burgess’s pregnancy in April 2022.

According to prosecutors, after the pair bought pills to end the pregnancy, Celeste Burgess gave birth to a stillborn fetus. At the time, Nebraska law banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Celeste Burgess’s pregnancy was well past that point, according to court records.

Police say that the Burgesses buried the fetal remains. An examination of the remains suggested they may have also been burned, according to court documents.

Court documents in the case revealed that Facebook’s parent company Meta supplied police with the private Facebook messages that Celeste and Jessica Burgess had sent one another. In one message, Celeste told Jessica: “Remember we burn the evidence.”


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US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (Original Post) ItsjustMe Sep 2023 OP
I hope these religious nuts "Do not pass go - do not collet $200" and go straight to hell. walkingman Sep 2023 #1
Did Meta get a vigilante reward? rubbersole Sep 2023 #2
this is disgusting unityqueen310 Sep 2023 #3
Welcome to fascist America Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2023 #4

unityqueen310

(12 posts)
3. this is disgusting
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 12:25 PM
Sep 2023

How do these crazies think its okay to attack pregnant women but yet they were the same people telling us that we couldnt wear face masks to protect us and cant get the vaccine. What happened to my body my choice fellas?

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