The woman gave her daughter, who was then 17, pills to induce an abortion.
Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded guilty in July to giving her daughter the pills then helping to burn and bury the fetus. She was charged with tampering with human remains, false reporting and providing an abortion after at least 20 weeks of gestation, which was illegal in Nebraska.
Madison County District Judge Mark Johnson sentenced Burgess to one year for each of the two counts, ruling that they run concurrently. The one-year sentence for the abortion count would run after the sentences for the first two offenses.According to the judge, Burgess knew she was breaking the state’s abortion law by initially lying to investigators about it. He also noted that she went to “extraordinary means” to obtain the pills online, according to the “I shudder to think, Ms.
At the time Burgess secured the pills for her daughter, Nebraska law banned abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. , Investigators used Facebook messages between the mother and daughter to establish that they discussed obtaining abortion pills and burning “the evidence,” court documents showed. a bill into law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks, with exceptions for sexual assault, incest and medical emergencies.FILE - Protesters line the street around the front of the Nebraska State Capitol during an Abortion Rights Rally held on July 4, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb.