stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoUS mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pillswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
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Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
minus-square93maddie94@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoFrom the article: “her family could not have afforded a funeral for fetal remains, according to Courthouse News. (In a financial affidavit obtained by Vice, Jessica Burgess said she had $400 to her name.)”
minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoI understand she can’t afford it, but who even considers having a funeral for an abortion? That’s fucking weird
minus-square93maddie94@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoI think some states have laws that if you have an abortion you have to have a funeral as a way to shame the mother for having the abortion. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/state-mandated-mourning-for-aborted-fetuses/482688/
From the article: “her family could not have afforded a funeral for fetal remains, according to Courthouse News. (In a financial affidavit obtained by Vice, Jessica Burgess said she had $400 to her name.)”
I understand she can’t afford it, but who even considers having a funeral for an abortion? That’s fucking weird
I think some states have laws that if you have an abortion you have to have a funeral as a way to shame the mother for having the abortion. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/state-mandated-mourning-for-aborted-fetuses/482688/
That’s pretty fucked up