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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago (36 children)

Weird. I keep hearing the deranged nuts saying it's murder. Are they OK with 2 years for murder? Why are they so easy on criminals?

Our do they subconsciously know it's not actually murder?

[–] Labtec6@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These religious nuts forget it's condoned in the Bible too.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a part of the Bible that talks about swelling the belly that can be considered vague enough to ignore. Although I think it's pretty obvious what it's talking about.

But the Bible is 100% crystal clear about fetuses being property and absolutely not a living human. In fact, I think it's a bit extreme in that it says if you cause a miscarriage you just have to pay a fine.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Depends on the version. Some versions of Numbers 5:11-31 mention the bitter drink causing a miscarriage if the wife is unfaithful.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Its still a normal murder sentence, they're just planning on aborting it before term.

It's only a tiny bit of murder, so a tiny murder sentence

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

This was before they changed the law to disallow abortions after 12 weeks. This also is not exactly a case abortion advocates want to fully stand behind. She was like 28 weeks along and the mother ordered the pills saying they were for herself. She coached the daughter on how to take them and the daughter was happy to take them saying shit like she could not wait to wear jeans again. They then burned the stillborn and buried it in a friend's yard. Most of the case is about improper disposal of a body.

I'm very pro-choice but the daughter should have been the one consulting a doctor to get the pills and they should have worked with the city/county to properly dispose of it.

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[–] KeyserSoze61@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like a good trade off. 2 years in prison < 18 years in prison. Anyway, fuck Nebraska.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is where the real injustice comes in.

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[–] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This headline is a bit misleading. She didn’t just help her daughter have an abortion, she helped her have a late-term abortion, and then burnt & buried the remains.

“According to prosecutors, after the pair bought pills to end the pregnancy, Celeste Burgess gave birth to a stillborn fetus. At the time, Nebraska law banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Celeste Burgess’s pregnancy was well past that point, according to court records.

Police say that the Burgesses buried the fetal remains. An examination of the remains suggested they may have also been burned, according to court documents.”

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

What a horrifying hellscape Nebraska must be for a mother and daughter to feel the need to go to such lengths for healthcare.

[–] MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is what happens when states destroy access to reproductive healthcare. Desperate people do stupid things.

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[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really wish people would stop using the phrase "late term abortion". It's not a medical term. It's a political one designed demonize those who almost solely terminate for medical reasons.

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[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

She should cross the border into Colorado, Polis would shelter her

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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