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Nebraska woman charged with disposing of fetus following illegal abortion sentenced to 90 days in jail (archive.is)

submitted 1 year ago by ozoned@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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19 year old and 42 year old mother sentenced to prison for 90 days. Now forever a felon. For an abortion. Evidence collected via Facebook messages.

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[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While a agree with the legal charges I still feel really bad for these two women. What made them so desperate that they chose these actions? Was this really a case of terrible decision making or even malicious intent? I don't think we'll ever really know and I hate that the pro-birthers use these sorts of cases as ammunition.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's incredibly unlikely that this was done with malicious intent.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my heart I don't think that was the case either. This whole thing just screams desperation and bad decisions/lack of good options.