A woman who gave a 17-year-old daughter an abortion drug and burned a stillborn grandchild was convicted, Meta's disclosure of Facebook's chat history was the decisive factor
Jessica Burgess, who lives in Norfolk, Nebraska, USA, pleaded guilty to the crime of giving her 17-year-old daughter Celeste illegal abortion pills and burning the body of a stillborn fetus. was decided. Amid the controversy surrounding the trial, Meta submitted private chats between Burgess and Burgess on Facebook as evidence without their consent.
Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter
Meta-provided Facebook chats led a woman to plead guilty to abortion-related charges - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790923/facebook-meta-woman-daughter-guilty-abortion-nebraska-messenger-encryption-privacy
Mother Pleads Guilty To Giving Daughter Abortion Pills, Burning and Burying Dead Baby | The Daily Wire
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mother-pleads-guilty-to-giving-daughter-abortion-pills-burning-and-burying-dead-baby
The trial that took place this time was that Celeste Burgess, who was 29 weeks pregnant at the time, conspired with her mother, Jessica, to purchase abortion pills without a doctor's prescription, and to destroy the evidence. It deals with the April 2022 incident in which a stillborn fetus was burned and abandoned. In Nebraska, where the incident occurred, self-administered abortions are not illegal, but abortions after 20 weeks of gestation are not allowed unless deemed unsafe by a doctor.
You can read the details of the incident in the article below.
Meta provides the private chat of a 17-year-old girl who had an illegal abortion to the police without consent, and the person and the mother are prosecuted - GIGAZINE
In this case, Meta provided the police with Facebook communications proving that the mother and son had purchased abortion pills, which was a key piece of evidence in the trial. The affidavit states that police served a warrant requesting parent-child messages to Meta, and the company responded immediately.
In June 2022, when police filed the affidavit in the case, Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned, just nine days after the filing, on June 24. was overturned by the Supreme Court. In response, many states have begun enacting new legislation, while women's advocacy groups have raised alarm bells about the digital privacy risks exposed in the Burgess case.
The mother, Jessica, who was indicted by someone's report, was initially charged with five charges and faced a sentence of up to eight years in prison. Jessica pleaded guilty to three charges: false reporting, abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and falsification of human bones. The deal resulted in the dismissal of two charges of 'covering up someone's death' and 'abortion by a non-licensed physician'.
By pleading guilty, Jessica faces up to two years in prison, and her daughter Celeste, who earlier pleaded guilty to 'covering or abandoning a corpse' in May. , also faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison. Sentencing against the mother and daughter is scheduled for September 22 and July 20, respectively. In addition, the man who incinerated the corpse with his father and son did not raise an objection to the pursuit of the crime, and was given a suspended sentence.
According to court documents, Celeste said in a message to her mother that she 'can't wait to remove 'something' from her body' and that she 'will finally be able to wear jeans'. He said he was reminding him, 'Don't forget to burn the evidence.' Jessica also congratulated her daughter on getting her medication and gave her instructions on how to terminate the pregnancy.
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