Nebraska mom charged with aiding teen’s abortion after police find Facebook messages

Nebraska mom charged with aiding teen’s abortion after police find Facebook messages

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/08/10/nebraska-mom-charged-with-aiding-teens-abortion-after-police-find-facebook-messages/

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy at about 24 weeks after investigators uncovered Facebook messages in which the two discussed using medication to induce an abortion and plans to burn the fetus afterward.

The prosecutor handling the case said it’s the first time he has charged anyone for illegally performing an abortion after 20 weeks, a restriction that was passed in 2010. Before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, states weren’t allowed to enforce abortion bans until the point at which a fetus is considered viable outside the womb, at roughly 24 weeks.