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Nebraska Mom to Serve 2 Years for Providing Illegal Abortion, Burning and Burying Corpse

A judge found Jessica Burgess unsuitable for probation after she admitted to helping her daughter with a late-term termination and tampering with the remains.
Nebraska Mom to Serve 2 Years for Providing Illegal Abortion, Burning and Burying Corpse
Jessica Burgess (C), alongside her attorney Brad Ewalt (R), is escorted out of the Madison County District courtroom by Madison County Sheriff Todd Volk, in Madison, Neb., on Sept. 22, 2023. Austin Svehla/Norfolk Daily News via AP
Samantha Flom
Samantha Flom
9/22/2023|Updated: 9/23/2023
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A Nebraska mother was sentenced to two years in prison on Sept. 22 for giving her teenage daughter an illegal medication abortion and then burning and burying the baby’s remains.

Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, entered a plea agreement in July under which she admitted to tampering with human skeletal remains, false reporting, and providing an abortion after 20 weeks gestation.

Samantha Flom
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Samantha Flom is a reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S. politics and news. A graduate of Syracuse University, she has a background in journalism and nonprofit communications. Contact her at [email protected].
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