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

https://lemmy.ml/post/5351564

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

Before you get the pitchforks, this pregnancy was past the 5 month mark. While the majority are in favor of abortion, this is very close to third trimester abortion which isn’t so popular without extenuating circumstances.

[The daughter] also reportedly deals with multiple mental health issues and became pregnant due to an abusive relationship.

[The mother] was set to undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation ahead of her sentencing. But the evaluation was canceled due to lack of funding

Even if she didn’t try and fail to get an abortion before this point (and we don’t know whether she did), I’m pretty sure that most would agree that this is a circumstance where a late second trimester/very early third trimester should be acceptable.

It was also pretty despicable to cancel the mother’s psychological evaluation because of “lack of funding” and to then sentence her to multiple years in prison.

I’ll keep my pitchfork out, thanks.