Nebraska woman, 18, gets 90 days for getting illegal abortion with mom's help, burning fetus
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Celeste Burgess, 18, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced to 90 days in prison after following through with an illegal abortion with the help of her mother.
"The Court specifically finds that while probation is appropriate, confinement is necessary because without this confinement, it would depreciate the seriousness of the crime or promote disrespect for the law," the judge's order read.
Burgess and her mother, 42-year-old Jessica Burgess of Norfolk, are accused of working together to end the pregnancy. The abortion, well into her third trimester, violated Nebraska law at the time that banned abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. Officials have said Jessica Burgess ordered abortion pills online, which she gave to her then-17-year-old daughter in the spring of 2022.