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Pete Ross Junior

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Wed Aug 10, 2022, 09:58 AM Aug 2022

Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen's DMs So They Could Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion [View all]

Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen's DMs So They Could Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion
Forbes

A Nebraska teenager is facing criminal charges alleging she aborted a fetus in violation of state law, after authorities obtained her Facebook messages using a search warrant. Seventeen-year-old Celeste Burgess, who is being tried as an adult along with her mother Jessica Burgess, is awaiting trial in Madison County District Court on charges that they broke a Nebraska law banning abortions after 20 weeks.

This marks one of the first instances of a person’s Facebook activity being used to incriminate her in a state where abortion access is restricted — a scenario that has remained largely hypothetical in the weeks following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Nebraska currently outlaws abortions beyond 20 weeks. On Monday, Republican lawmakers in the state failed to secure enough votes to decrease that window to 12 weeks.

Celeste and her mother were charged in July with allegedly removing, concealing or abandoning a dead human body and concealing the death of another person after the Norfolk Police Department received a tip claiming Celeste had miscarried in April at 23 weeks of pregnancy and secretly buried the fetus with her mother's help. The case was first reported by the Lincoln Journal Star.

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Much worse than anything pre-1973. Also, Facebook strikes again.
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K&R, just saw Abortion is a top five issue for Latino's in different markets & religious affiliation uponit7771 Aug 2022 #1
As in wanting to restrict abortion or keep it safe and legal? ecstatic Aug 2022 #4
75% no matter what market or religion want to keep it safe and say it should NOT be banned. Dems ... uponit7771 Aug 2022 #5
That surprises me in the religious areas.... LizBeth Aug 2022 #10
yep, I was blown away ... this is an issue dems need to use to crush MAGA and get that infestation uponit7771 Aug 2022 #11
Doesn't surprise me. shrike3 Aug 2022 #14
Surprising numbers. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #22
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #26
This should be national news. ecstatic Aug 2022 #2
Really looking forward to what increased cop funding will do in light of Dobbs. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #3
So now every miscarriage is going to be suspected Wicked Blue Aug 2022 #6
While not impossible at 23 weeks, miscarriages typically happen at a much earlier stage. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #23
I believe it started with a friend who went to the police and said LeftInTX Aug 2022 #34
So Facebook is willing to assist in ruining the life of a 17-year-old and her mother because halfulglas Aug 2022 #7
I suppose the FB position is always to cooperate with law enforcement. Not good. n/t Pete Ross Junior Aug 2022 #12
They were served a warrant. LeftInTX Aug 2022 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Aug 2022 #30
Hmm... Mike Nelson Aug 2022 #8
where is the "willing" part? Brainstormy Aug 2022 #17
We don't use our real names! LOL LeftInTX Aug 2022 #32
In the... Mike Nelson Aug 2022 #35
Facebook is a scumbag company, and, there is no privacy on there. Oneironaut Aug 2022 #9
I dropped Facebook years ago sdfernando Aug 2022 #13
I'm on Facebook because my family and extended family is scattered halfulglas Aug 2022 #15
How is this "Facebook strikes again" Brainstormy Aug 2022 #16
This is beyond horrible, but who TF would post something like that on FB in the first place? OMGWTF Aug 2022 #18
And Meta gets to say "we were just following orders" Torchlight Aug 2022 #19
K n R JoeOtterbein Aug 2022 #20
Do we live in China? del19713 Aug 2022 #21
This is how tyranny takes over. usonian Aug 2022 #24
This one gets it. You said it better than I could. Pete Ross Junior Aug 2022 #25
Same here. I'd have to join in order to quit. usonian Aug 2022 #27
These were text messages between mother and daughter. LeftInTX Aug 2022 #28
Rule Number #1 PlanetBev Aug 2022 #31
They also seized her medical records before they say got a warrant for FB. Blame the clinic? LeftInTX Aug 2022 #33
K&R Wednesdays Aug 2022 #36
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