cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

  • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    A child could push a family into poverty and devastate siblings’ futures.

    A child can also be put up for adoption btw.

    • Raistlin@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Which often means shoving them into massively underfunded institutions, that are full of corruption and abuse, making it a less than ideal alternative.

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        1 year ago

        Nah I’m ok. If she wanted an abortion she should have gotten one in the 20 weeks where she’s legally allowed to. Doesn’t seem like a hard thing to do.