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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Marcus

Nebraska woman pleads guilty to giving teen daughter abortion pills and helping bury fetus

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A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty on Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter medications to perform an abortion in 2022 and helping the teen burn and bury the fetus in a field.

Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, was charged with breaking what was then the state’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, as well as accused of falsely reporting and tampering with human skeletal remains, according to the Associated Press.

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