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Tag: Nebraska
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Mother Who Gave Abortion Pills to Teen Daughter Gets 2 Years in Prison
Jessica Burgess had pleaded guilty to violating Nebraska’s abortion law. Her daughter, who was 17 when she ended her late-term pregnancy last year, was sentenced in July to 90 days in jail.
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Driver With Massive Steer as Passenger Is Pulled Over in Nebraska
A retired man said he has been driving his pet steer Howdy Doody around in a customized Ford Crown Victoria for seven years without a problem. Then the police in Norfolk, Neb., stopped him.
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Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail
Celeste Burgess, 19, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, were charged last year after the police obtained their private Facebook messages.
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Nebraska to Vote on Restrictions on Abortion and Transgender Care for Minors
After weeks of acrimonious debate, Republicans put the two fraught issues into a single bill.