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Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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She aborted at 28 weeks. That's nearly 6 and a half months pregnant. Most babies can survive outside the womb when they're around 22 to 23 weeks. This was a baby, not some tiny fetus.
Perhaps this may be the case. But I'm sure she'd have got the abortion far earlier if not for these backwards laws against it
I was born decades ago and 2 months early; in the glass box for weeeeks to beat the 11% survival-at-all stats.
Having said that, IT'S STILL NOT FACEBOOK'S BUSINESS as a conveyor and not a filter.
You're right, it's not Facebook's business, but this 17-year old and her mother chose to discuss a crime on Facebook's platform. Facebook had a legal obligation to hand over those messages because they were served a valid warrant.