A mother and daughter were criminally charged for using self-managed abortion medication in Nebraska at about 24 weeks, Nebraska has a 20-week abortion ban. The case involves Facebook messages between mother and daughter obtained by police warrant detailing plans to terminate the teenager’s unwanted pregnancy. Data privacy and the ever tightening belt around women’s rights (or more aptly lack there of) will result in more macabre stories of women being criminally charged instead of women being allowed to make safe private health care decisions with a doctor. Perhaps Nebraska should consider changing the state “travel” slogan from: Nebraska…Honestly, it’s not for everyone to: Nebraska…Honestly, it’s not for women. No word yet on the hotness ranking Facebook gave to the mother and daughter after their arrest.
