A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter abort a fetus last year that was beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a violation of state law in effect at the time…
The daughter, Celeste Burgess, was sentenced in July to serve 90 days in jail, followed by two years of probation…
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
Edit: I misread the article and thought the fetus was at 20 weeks.This would be an illegal abortion in KS.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
Kansas prohibits abortion after 22 weeks. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. That’s in the third trimester, and past the typical time period when a fetus reaches viability.
I am not familiar with Nebraska laws pre-Dodd, but I think this could have landed them in jail even back then. 29 weeks was illegal in many states when Roe was in place.
One could argue two years is not enough
Rgr. I misread and thought the fetus was at 20 weeks.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/14/abortion-state-laws-bans-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/14/abortion-state-laws-bans-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
Nice data, windy.
About 93% of reported abortions in 2019 were performed at or before 13 weeks of pregnancy, 6% were conducted between 14 and 20 weeks and 1% were performed at or after 21 weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So these are the numbers behind the GOP lining up behind Trump to overturn Roe and, incidentally, attack our government on Jan 6 and undermine democracy.
Meanwhile 13 year old girls abort babies or 13 year old girls get ripped up and destroyed by having babies. There’s misery either way, and the GQP doesn’t solve problems. The GQP compounds our problems.
You can take all this nonsense and put it up your poop hole, windy. Anti-abortion crusaders are the worst.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/...ns-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
Yeah, I checked after I wrote the post. I thought every State pretty much had some sort of restriction on the books.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/...ns-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
Nice data, windy.
About 93% of reported abortions in 2019 were performed at or before 13 weeks of pregnancy, 6% were conducted between 14 and 20 weeks and 1% were performed at or after 21 weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So these are the numbers behind the GOP lining up behind Trump to overturn Roe and, incidentally, attack our government on Jan 6 and undermine democracy.
Meanwhile 13 year old girls abort babies or 13 year old girls get ripped up and destroyed by having babies. There’s misery either way, and the GQP doesn’t solve problems. The GQP compounds our problems.
You can take all this nonsense and put it up your poop hole, windy. Anti-abortion crusaders are the worst.
And I should add, most of those done after 21 weeks will be done for compassionate reasons in a foetus with severe congenital abnormalities that are not readily compatible with life outside of the uterus.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/14/abortion-state-laws-bans-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
You can’t abort a fertilized egg, it’s not a pregnancy.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/...ns-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
Nice data, windy.
About 93% of reported abortions in 2019 were performed at or before 13 weeks of pregnancy, 6% were conducted between 14 and 20 weeks and 1% were performed at or after 21 weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So these are the numbers behind the GOP lining up behind Trump to overturn Roe and, incidentally, attack our government on Jan 6 and undermine democracy.
Meanwhile 13 year old girls abort babies or 13 year old girls get ripped up and destroyed by having babies. There’s misery either way, and the GQP doesn’t solve problems. The GQP compounds our problems.
You can take all this nonsense and put it up your poop hole, windy. Anti-abortion crusaders are the worst.
And I should add, most of those done after 21 weeks will be done for compassionate reasons in a foetus with severe congenital abnormalities that are not readily compatible with life outside of the uterus.
The takeaway data point (it helps to read what the adults were discussing and not the red herrings of the mentally unstable) was the number of states where aborting after viability up through full term electively is perfectly legal is not insignificant.
Just for the record I’ll assume you’d support a compromise of restrictions on elective abortions at 20 weeks and under in exchange for nationwide legality based on your comment which demonstrates there’s really no need to have an elective abortion after 20 weeks.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/14/abortion-state-laws-bans-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
You can’t abort a fertilized egg, it’s not a pregnancy.
Um…okay?
Windy, I am not American/do not work in the USA and my job as a specialist/professor in obstetric anesthesiology puts me in a difficult situation on many levels. I have to keep any pro life/pro choice views to myself in general, we are required to serve the patients that we serve under the relevant legislation in the varying states in my country. So I apologise for appearing to sit on a fence. What I have found with the laws etc in this area is that it is a little like the covid vax pro and anti movements, peoples opinions/choices are very firmly entrenched and there is no point in trying to have them see the other sides of the argument/persuade them to change their minds.
A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter abort a fetus last year that was beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a violation of state law in effect at the time…
The daughter, Celeste Burgess, was sentenced in July to serve 90 days in jail, followed by two years of probation…
29 weeks… HOLY CRAP is that legal anywhere?
A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter abort a fetus last year that was beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a violation of state law in effect at the time…
The daughter, Celeste Burgess, was sentenced in July to serve 90 days in jail, followed by two years of probation…
29 weeks… HOLY CRAP is that legal anywhere?
Apparently it’s legal in the 6 States (and D.C.) that have absolutely no time related abortion restrictions on the books.
No matter your feelings on abortion and I am staunchly pro abortion rights, what they did is chillingly callous. They could have easily driven a short distance to Kansas, and not been afoul of any laws.
. I don’t think any States allow abortion at the 29 week mark. .
https://www.axios.com/...ns-roe-supreme-court
You may be surprised
it would
Have not fact check beyond michigan so there are 7 states (where possibly) this was legal, as they have no limits, in all other states it would have been illegal.
A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter abort a fetus last year that was beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a violation of state law in effect at the time…
The daughter, Celeste Burgess, was sentenced in July to serve 90 days in jail, followed by two years of probation…
So a 5.5 hr drive away, was all they needed to do to make this legal. I am assuming Mom is not right (given judges request) or just not to smart.
A Norfolk, Nebraska, mother was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter abort a fetus last year that was beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a violation of state law in effect at the time…
The daughter, Celeste Burgess, was sentenced in July to serve 90 days in jail, followed by two years of probation…
So a 5.5 hr drive away, was all they needed to do to make this legal. I am assuming Mom is not right (given judges request) or just not to smart.
I think that’s a fair assumption based upon what we know, which is incomplete information. Setting aside the legality and rights of a 29 week fetus, it seems like the mom showed a terrible disregard for the daughter’s health and wellbeing.
I was looking over some old cases of mine recently. It’s remarkable how the addition of facts can change the analysis of a case. I don’t have time to invent facts that might help make sense of this terrible case. But most likely there are other terrible factors that exist.
Just for the record I’ll assume you’d support a compromise of restrictions on elective abortions at 20 weeks and under in exchange for nationwide legality based on your comment which demonstrates there’s really no need to have an elective abortion after 20 weeks.
That is sort of where most places were before Dodd.
The issue with restrictions and exceptions is that it makes things much more difficult for doctors and patients who should be allowed under those restrictions. There are numerous stories coming out of states now of abortions being denied because doctors are too nervous.