Facebook facilitates prosecution of Nebraska teenager for medication abortion
Self-induced abortion A 17-year-old girl and her mother were charged with multiple felonies for aborting a stillborn fetus and burying it without alerting authorities. According to court records, Celeste Burgess and her mother, Jessica Burgess, bought mifepristone and misoprostol to end Celeste’s pregnancy after the state’s legal abortion period of 20 weeks post-fertilization. Celeste and her mother […]