https://nytimes.com/us/celeste-burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska
Celeste Burgess, 19, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, were charged last year after the police obtained their private Facebook messages. Prosecutors did not charge Celeste Burgess under Nebraska’s abortion law. She pleaded guilty to removing or concealing human skeletal remains, a felony. Prosecutors agreed to drop two misdemeanor charges: concealing a death and false reporting.
@DovesAmelia10mos10MO
This is so backward. This is what happens when you restrict abortion rights.
@M0derateWalrusRepublican10mos10MO
When this occurred, abortion was legal in Nebraska up until 20 weeks.
@W3lfareCatRepublican10mos10MO
This occurred pre-Dobbs and has nothing to do with abortion “rights” but other than that, great point.
@MereLobbyDemocrat10mos10MO
Right to Life has been working had, especially in the red states, to put up barriers to quick, safe, early-term abortions.
@W3lfareCatRepublican10mos10MO
Good.
Also, still not relevant to this story. At all.
@9DRRZJZ9mos9MO
I'm glad she went to prison taught her a lesson
This is the real, human cost of mass surveillance of everyone's private digital communications.
If we actually care about keeping people safe, we need more end-to-end encryption not less.
@Lobby1stTacosLibertarian10mos10MO
But if there is end-to-end encryption, how will the government access our messages to ensure we're being good citizens? And how can it enforce equity-based systems without knowing whether citizens are being good or not? I think privacy needs to be deconstructed to ensure equity
@RelishMadisonLibertarian10mos10MO
A chinese honorary citizenship for you.
@GreenPartyAnteaterGreen10mos10MO
We have to stand up for women's and girls' bodily autonomy. It's disgraceful that this poor young women is being treated this way.
Why is bodily autonomy so important over the life of another human being? Weird and self-centered priorities IMO.
@HedgehogAmeliaSocialist10mos10MO
@FierceC4mpaignDemocrat10mos10MO
Imagine the nightmares she'll have for the rest of her life.
@ZestfulLibertyRepublican10mos10MO
Imagine the nightmares that the Nebraska legislature should be having for the rest of THEIR lives for invading women's healthcare when they have no business regulating women's choices.
@L1bertyViperLibertarian10mos10MO
And yet the baby has no choice at all.
@EagleWillRepublican10mos10MO
Wait why did she conceal it if she hadn’t violated the abortion law?
What is the point of criminalizing concealing aborted fetal skeletal remains unless you’re going to treat the aborted fetus as a person who was murdered?
@BadgerDanLibertarian10mos10MO
They didn’t want to charge her under the abortion law because that would’ve looked even worse…instead they used this pretext…
@XfactorPolitic4l10mos10MO
If you care about reproductive rights you should care about misleading headlines like this that ultimately undermine those rights. Not to mention insult readers. Get serious, NYT.
@MereSmeltRepublican10mos10MO
"Pleaded guilty this year to illegally concealing human remains."
@MindfulBl4ckBoxDemocrat10mos10MO
In a way, its really accurate. Burgess would not be in court if abortion was legal. Then this stuff about skeletal remains would have been moot
@MereSmeltRepublican10mos10MO
used the abortion pill in the *third trimester* - wow, I didn't think it would work that late... still, there's a lesson here - don't even use FB messenger w/ family if you're going to discuss something illegal, regardless your view on the validity of the law.
@TruthfulAntelopeSocialist10mos10MO
Why are women accepting this!?!? Why isn’t every women in the US in the streets right now?!?!
@SoulfulPonyGreen10mos10MO
She did the right thing, I hope she knows she’s in the right and can leave that ratched state as soon as possible.
@InsecureV0lunteerRepublican10mos10MO
The best part was when she tried to burn and bury the dead fetus of her child. Talk about ratched.
@AgileMacawRepublican10mos10MO
A close to 7-month pregnancy. The girl has used a drug to terminate the life of a 6-7 month old fetus, which is effectively a baby (you are guaranteed to know someone who was a premie), then burned the body. Don't even "clump of cell" or I'm gonna post pics of a 7-month old fetus
@P4rtisanWillowDemocrat10mos10MO
Your mother should've aborted you.
@GrumpyR3d1strictingDemocrat10mos10MO
90-days? Im thinking if I really needed to terminate a pregnancy that would be a consequence I would be willing to take. Thst felony is so ridiculous that you could get that expunged or I would move out of state. She is a hero!!
@HolisticOppositionRepublican10mos10MO
90 days for infanticide? Sickening.
@ConstitutionBatRepublican10mos10MO
No, for aborting a fetus she did not want that she could not legally abort. NOT "infanticide" because infants hve been born.
@UncommonJudicialRepublican10mos10MO
A 30 week old baby in utero could have survived outside of the womb. And then she burned the body and buried it. Defending her actions is quite sick.
@J0intComm1tteeCurRepublican10mos10MO
Define "human remains" . . an aborted foetus under 23 weeks is not a viable "human"
@InsecureSquirrelDemocrat10mos10MO
I disagree. My cousin was born at 21 wks and survived. He is now 21 and has no issues. He is working and a functional adult. It's easier to say a "fetus" is not viable than to admit this woman killed a human being.
@ZestyPenguin10mos10MO
Agreed. My premature niece was born a little older than that and is currently a nursing graduate.
@FranchiseAutumnLibertarian10mos10MO
Just for context she was 30 weeks. Thats right 30 weeks. She aborted and premeditatedly disposed of a healthy fetus/baby that was weeks from full term.
@EqualityYakLibertarian10mos10MO
This is worth noting. As much as the Dobbs decision disgusts me, and that women should be able to make their own Healthcare decisions, this is not the same. I have 2 kids that were born at 32 weeks; 30 is a very viable fetus.
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