Ilhan Omar supports woman jailed for 90 days after taking abortion pill and burning foetus: ‘A violation of autonomy’

Ilhan Omar has spoken out in defence of a teenage woman who was jailed for 90 days after taking an abortion pill to finish an undesirable being pregnant.

The Democratic congresswoman posted a picture on Instagram of an article titled: “Nebraska teen who used tablets to finish being pregnant will get 90 days in jail”.

“This can be a freighting violation of privateness and autonomy…” Ms Omar wrote.

Celeste Burgess, 19, was sentenced final week after she and her mom Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded responsible to expenses earlier this yr.

Prosecutors stated Celeste Burgess used abortion tablets effectively past the 10-week restrict accepted by the Meals and Drug Administration.

Courtroom data reveal that she terminated her being pregnant when she was practically 30 weeks pregnant, surpassing the widely recognised level of viability at 23 to 24 weeks. At that stage, a foetus would have the next likelihood of survival outdoors the womb.

The mom and daughter have been charged after their personal Fb messages have been obtained by the police.

These messages revealed their plans to finish Celeste’s being pregnant by utilizing abortion tablets ordered on-line and then “burn the proof”.

{The teenager} was not charged by prosecutors beneath Nebraska’s abortion legislation.

Prosecutors agreed to drop two expenses of concealing a loss of life and false reporting towards her after she pleaded responsible in Might to concealing human skeletal stays.

Celeste was additionally sentenced to 2 years probation other than her 90 days’ jail sentence.

Joseph Smith, the highest prosecutor in Madison County, Nebraska, stated the sentence “appears affordable” as {the teenager} has no prison historical past.

“It’s a painful case for everyone,” he stated, including that it was the primary case of its sort that he had prosecuted in his 33-years-long profession “and I’m glad it’s over”.

Jessica Burgess in the meantime faces as much as 5 years in jail.

The case has prompted widespread discusson, wth Ms Omar the most recent to touch upon the case.

Her put up had garnered greater than 68,000 likes as of early Tuesday morning, with feedback fom her supporters together with that the case was “like the start of the Handmaid’s Story”.