Celeste Burgess, 18, faces up to two years in prison for taking abortion pills and burying a stillborn fetus in 2022. Her mother faces eight years.
a sentencing recommendation as part of the plea. The state also charged her mother, Jessica, for allegedly providing Celeste with abortion pills—those felony charges are performing/attempting an abortion over 20 weeks and performing an abortion by a non-licensed doctor.
The elder Burgess has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court on July 7; she faces up toAt the time of the incident, abortion was banned after 20 weeks in Nebraska, though that law applies to licensed abortion providers, not people self-managing their own terminations. Gov. Jim Pillen
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