I do think the law needs to be pretty nuanced when it comes to abortion. Considering that in most states, girls 17 and under can't always legally consent to sex, so in most cases such acts are legally prosecutable as rape, the law should give more leeway for girls 17 and under to get early abortions if desired. The default position should be that they are victims, either of force or manipulation. I get that that's not a perfectly consistent philosophy or ethic of life, but these are very very messy issues.

Even so, I would prosecute this girl in Nebraska. She had 20 weeks to seek a legal abortion and she would have known she was pregnant for most of that time.

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