A 19-year-old girl in the US, sentenced to three months in prison for having an abortion

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2023-07-22 01:10:45

Updated Saturday, 22 July 2023 – 01:10

Celeste Burgess, who was 17 when she terminated her pregnancy, pleaded guilty earlier this year to concealing and abandoning a body charge.

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A 19-year-old girl in Nebraska (USA) has been sentenced to three months in prison for having used abortion pills on her own and subsequently buried the fetus, The US media reported this Friday.

As part of an agreement with the Prosecutor, Celeste Burgess, what did he have 17 years old when she terminated her pregnancy, I declare culpable at the beginning of the year from the position of hide and abandon a corpse.

His mother, Jessica Burgess, is also being investigated by the State Justice for having helped his daughter to abort after 20 weeks of gestation, the legal limit at the time in the state, and for handling “human remains.”

The young woman’s mother may receive a maximum of two crcel’s if she is found guilty.

The Burgess abortion case came to the national scene after the prosecution will use private Facebook messages between mother and daughter as evidence at trial.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the mother bought and gave the adolescent abortion pills and then helped her bury the fetus.

The investigation was launched before the Supreme Court struck down in June 2022 the constitutional protection of the right to abortion at the federal level.

In May of this year, the governor of Nebraska tightened anti-abortion laws, penalizing the procedure from 12 weeks of gestation.

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