Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

  • @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    That would be horrific but a lot of people here are assuming.

    And that’s not much of an excuse. Should we allow her to do a 9 month abortion because she couldn’t get around to it earlier? No.

    • @93maddie94@lemm.ee
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      219 months ago

      Considering the article states that she didn’t have enough money to have a funeral for the fetus, I don’t think she had the means to raise a child. It’s impossible to “get around to” doing something that isn’t offered easily and affordably. I don’t think giving her child abortion pills when she was over 20 weeks pregnant was her first choice, I think it was a move of desperation.

      • @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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        -79 months ago

        People can’t afford to care for newborns either, doesn’t give you the right to kill them.

        It shouldn’t have come to that, of course, but the court heard her defense and rejected it.