Current Events > Woman aborts baby at 23 weeks get sent to jail.

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Pro choice but I think there should be some cutoff. Not sure exactly where. I guess whenever there is brain activity. Republicans are obsessed with heartbeat. I care about the brain

pretty sure the burning and burying is the part that got her not the abortion

Does Nebraska allow abortion?

oh look it's exactly what everyone said would happen if you overturned RvW

At the time Celeste Burgess terminated her pregnancy, abortion was legal up to 20 weeks gestation in Nebraska.

Now, after a Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v Wade, abortion is illegal after 12 weeks gestation in Nebraska.

Prosecutors did not charge Celeste Burgess under the new abortion law. She was charged instead with concealing or abandoning a dead body.

It seems like this is a different act entirely.

Now, after a Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v Wade, abortion is illegal after 12 weeks gestation in Nebraska.

It was 20 weeks at the time

pretty sure the burning and burying is the part that got her not the abortion

I don't particularly give a shit what they're charging her with, that right there is where you should have stopped and realized it's bullshit.

oh look it's exactly what everyone said would happen if you overturned RvW

It seems like this is a different act entirely.

Abortion bans don't stop abortions, only safe access to abortions.

The question remains would she have committed the crime she did if she had access to legal abortion care.

This was before Roe v Wade was overturned, and it doesn't seem as if the CARE Clinic is too far from Madison County.

Buy I'm not the girl or her mother, and I don't know what stopped her from going to a clinic before 23 weeks or why they suddenly opted for abortion pills so late in the pregnancy.

So for you guys saying no limits , it is 8.5 months. Still kill it ?

So for you guys saying no limits , it is 8.5 months. Still kill it ?

Do we know if its her states laws that made her scared to lose the baby and when she did it made her even more scared she would get caught so she buried it afterwards?

Authorities alleged Celeste Burgess had a medication abortion, and that it violated the states prohibition of abortion after 20 weeks. Celeste Burgess was around 28 weeks pregnant when her pregnancy ended, court documents allege.

Exactly. There's a lot we're not being told about this case

Pro choice but I think there should be some cutoff. Not sure exactly where. I guess whenever there is brain activity. Republicans are obsessed with heartbeat. I care about the brain

We only know what the articles are telling us.

And from a lot of that, only what the police are reporting.

But to answer your question, no.

So for you guys saying no limits , it is 8.5 months. Still kill it ?

To me though, any cutoff denies the bodily autonomy of the person carrying the baby, reducing them to nothing but an incubator.

That other article doesn't tell us that much more. Certainly doesn't go into the motive, which is what people have been discussing here in the topic.

Creating a scenario as a gotcha is not a win here.

Your math skills are lacking. There's 4 weeks in a month.

To me though, any cutoff denies the bodily autonomy of the person carrying the baby, reducing them to nothing but an incubator.

I agree with no limit. But I have a better question. Why would a woman wait 4.5 months to make up her mind, let alone 8?

Cause she was 17. She was a baby about to have a baby.

I think the bigger question is if the mother was capable of providing her with the abortion drugs when she was 20+ weeks pregnant then why didn't she help her any sooner?

I agree with no limit. But I have a better question. Why would a woman wait 4.5 months to make up her mind, let alone 8?

i would say girl in OP was afraid to tell her parents
and when she did, mom decided to take matters into her own hands since law wouldnt allow it

I'm of the opinion that the answer to that question isn't anyone's business.