US mother pleads guilty to giving daughter abortion pills and burying fetus

Jesssica Burgess of Nebraska admits to providing abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human skeletal remains

A Nebraska mother has pleaded guilty to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an illegal abortion last year and helping to burn and bury the fetus.

Under a plea agreement, Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, admitted to providing an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, false reporting and tampering with human skeletal remains. Charges of concealing the death of another person and abortion by someone other than a licensed physician were dismissed.