cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

  • Butt Pirate@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Allowing her to just get an abortion would have avoided this entire situation in the first place.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I think I’m missing something here. She was allowed to just get an abortion, for 20 weeks. This was all before the godawful Roe v Wade repeal.

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        1 year ago

        It was also in a state that didn’t change their abortion stance after Roe v Wade was repealed. Nothing was stopping her getting an abortion for the first 20 weeks like you said.

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      1 year ago

      Eh 28 weeks seems kind of late for an abortion though.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That’s none of your business, though. It’s not your body. Besides, Nebraska is basically a third world country when it comes to maternal health care availability, which makes this applicable:

        In low-income countries, half of newborns born at or below 32 weeks gestational age die due to a lack of medical access