An 18-year-old Nebraska woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for burning and burying a fetus she aborted with her mother’s help.
Two other misdemeanor charges of false reporting and concealing the death of another person were dropped, in an agreement with prosecutors.
Burgess and her mother, 42-year-old Jessica Burgess of Norfolk, are accused of working together to end the pregnancy. The abortion, well into her third trimester, violated Nebraska law at the time that banned abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. Officials have said Jessica Burgess ordered abortion pills online, which she gave to her then-17-year-old daughter in the spring of 2022.
In one of the Facebook messages, Jessica Burgess instructed her daughter on how to take the pills to end the pregnancy, according to court records. In another, Celeste Burgess wrote, “I will finally be able to wear jeans,” according to the documents.
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