Since the repeal of Roe v. Wade, who guaranteed the right to abortion in the United States, there are increasing cases of women who do not benefit from adequate medical care following restrictions on access to abortion. But the judicial offensive is also present.
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As in Nebraska, Jessica Burgess, a mother, pleaded guilty in 2022 to giving her 17-year-old daughter Celeste, then 20 weeks pregnant, an abortion pill in 2022. She also pleaded guilty to helping burn and bury her fetus.
His daughter, now 18, was charged as an adult and pleaded guilty in May to abducting, hiding/abandoning a body. An illegal abortion, Nebraska has banned abortions after 20 weeks since 2010 – a ban lowered to 12 weeks since last May.
Arrested because of Facebook
Even though this law was in place before the overturn of Roe v. Wade, this legal offensive has particularly concerned on the other side of the Atlantic, because it is because of Facebook that the two women were indicted in August 2022. The social network had forwarded to the police the messages that the teenager exchanged with her mother regarding this abortion.
Information that had worried many defenders of the right to abortion, in particular due to the privacy of the data of the social network users. If Facebook assured that it responded to a legal request without knowing it was an abortion, Supporters of abortion rights fear this case is the first in a long series.
Jessica Burgess is due to know her verdict on Sept. 22, while her daughter is due to know by July 20. The latter risks up to two years in prison.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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