• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    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.

    According to prosecutors, after the pair bought pills to end the pregnancy, Celeste Burgess gave birth to a stillborn fetus.

    Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to charges of false reporting, providing an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, and concealing, removing or abandoning a dead human body.

    Although the case occurred before the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, it has been seen as a harbinger of how law enforcement may prosecute people for ending their own pregnancies in a post-Roe era – and how giant tech companies could go along with it.

    Celeste Burgess was released from Madison county jail earlier this month, after serving a little more than half of her 90-day sentence, local Nebraska news outlet KTIV reported.

    Celeste Burgess also reportedly deals with multiple mental health issues and became pregnant due to an abusive relationship.


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    9 months ago

    Feel like there is alternative motive to this one, and not sure which side is pushing their way.

    This was after 20 week - most are done before the 8 week mark, 12 at latest. Why was if done soo late, what did the law have to play in this, what support could have been done sooner.

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      9 months ago

      Doesn’t matter when. No blob of tissue should override the rights of its host.

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        9 months ago

        Reductive, black and white arguments don’t help anyone. When does the blob of tissue become human? It must happen at some point, and that’s a matter of when.

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        9 months ago

        So how far does this go? If a woman is having contractions and she decides then and there she doesn’t want the blob anymore can she abort?