stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoUS mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pillswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netus_news@lemmygrad.mlunitedstatesnews@lemmy.worldusabrainworms@lemm.eetwoxchromosomes@slrpnk.netnews@kbin.social
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkUS mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pillswww.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netus_news@lemmygrad.mlunitedstatesnews@lemmy.worldusabrainworms@lemm.eetwoxchromosomes@slrpnk.netnews@kbin.social
Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·9 months agoWho the hell has a funeral for an abortion?
minus-square93maddie94@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-29 months 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-down3·9 months 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-29 months 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/
Who the hell has a funeral for an abortion?
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