Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

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    1 year ago

    It does, that’s five months, but it may well be because she didn’t have access before that point, which is obviously horrific.

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      1 year ago

      That would be horrific but a lot of people here are assuming.

      And that’s not much of an excuse. Should we allow her to do a 9 month abortion because she couldn’t get around to it earlier? No.

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        Considering the article states that she didn’t have enough money to have a funeral for the fetus, I don’t think she had the means to raise a child. It’s impossible to “get around to” doing something that isn’t offered easily and affordably. I don’t think giving her child abortion pills when she was over 20 weeks pregnant was her first choice, I think it was a move of desperation.