stopthatgirl7Sep 23, 2023

US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills

Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska-mother-daughter

US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills

Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

The Guardian
Show threadSulaymanFSep 23, 2023
Abortion after 20 weeks sounds kinda extreme though. Most countries stop at 15.
Show threadgamebusterSep 23, 2023

You get downvoted hard, but I’m not sure why. I think we all agree that putting someone into prison for an abortion is controversial at best. However, 20 weeks into pregnancy… that’s only 2 weeks before it’s considered to have a chance of survival at a premature birth.

At one point does it become murder? What if you kill your child right after a premature birth? I’m sure we all agree that’s bad. So it’s okay to kill the child if it’s inside the womb, but not once it gets out?

Again, I’m not against abortions, but 20 weeks… man… that’s rough.

Show threadZaktorSep 23, 2023

So it’s okay to kill the child if it’s inside the womb, but not once it gets out?

You nailed it. It’s not a child when it’s inside the woman, so it’s not murder. Women get to decide what they do with their own body. I don’t know why that’s so goddamn difficult.

Show threadRazorsLedgeSep 23, 2023
That’s quite an extreme position. Saying “my body, my choice to kill this thing that will be born tomorrow” is very weird.
Show threadZebovSep 23, 2023
Unfortunately, you’re on an ultra left site, so everything gets filtered through that lens.
Show threadsurewhynotlemSep 23, 2023
Ultra left? Woo boy do you need to talk to more people. This place is center left at best. Plenty of capitalists wandering around.
Show threadZebov
I consider communism = good, corporations = bad, & pro-censorship to be pretty far left. If that isn’t, I’d love to know what is considered left here.
Sep 23, 2023 at 3:25pmWeb
Show threadsurewhynotlemSep 23, 2023

Yep. And that’s like 30% of what I see on Lemmy. So to call it a far left site seems odd.

But I guess YMMV depending on what instance you’re on.

Show threadmrnotoriousmanSep 23, 2023
Who is pro-censorship? I haven't seen that at all on here. In fact, the moderation tools are so bad a lot of hate gets left up until it gets reported a ton.