[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to demand that the Nebraska Board of Parole expedite
a pardon for a teenager sentenced to jail for having an abortion.

Dear MoveOn member,

In a story seemingly ripped from dystopian horror, Nebraska resident
Celeste Burgess, 19, was just sentenced to 90 days in jail for a case
involving her termination of a pregnancy when she was 17 years old using
abortion medication.^1

Nobody should be punished for exercising bodily autonomy and seeking
essential health care. [ [link removed] ]Will you add your name and call upon the
Nebraska Pardons Board, Nebraska governor, and Nebraska state legislature
to free Celeste and stop prosecuting, criminalizing, and imprisoning
people for seeking health care?

Free Celeste Burgess, the Nebraska teen imprisoned for having an abortion.
Abortion care is health care. Nobody should be criminalized or imprisoned
for reproductive health decisions.

[3]Sign the petition

With anti-abortion activists applauding this sentence and Republicans
implementing increasingly restrictive anti-abortion laws, cases like this
are only going to become more common. Despite what Republicans claim,
these bans are designed to criminalize people who seek abortion care, as
well as family members and health providers who assist them—and to
fundamentally seize control of our health care and autonomy. We must put
an end to the criminalization of abortion before it gets any worse.

Free Celeste and ensure her mother isn't punished either simply for
seeking health care for her daughter!

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Jordan, Mana, Oscar, Emily, and the rest of the team

Source:

1. "Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail,"
The New York Times, July 20, 2023
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