{"id":327955,"date":"2025-03-16T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T20:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327955"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:00:34","slug":"teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#8216;It&#8217;s still moving&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Authorities are investigating an at-home abortion that led to the potentially-illegal burial of the preborn baby afterwards \u2014 potentially, infanticide.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster Online <a href=\"https:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/news\/local\/east-donegal-teen-buried-aborted-baby-after-clinic-refused-her-police\/article_8379ee24-0044-11f0-ba1f-7fed2a1dea21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that an East Donegal Township teenager in Pennsylvania ordered abortion pills online, with the help of her mother, after being turned away from a local abortion facility; she then gave birth to the baby, and weeks later, buried the body in her backyard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVk1qM1El9o?si=NK_NxbSOIr5sTO9h\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The initial abortion was committed last year, but police are investigating now; what tipped them off to the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/crime\/2025\/03\/after-having-medicine-induced-abortion-central-pa-teen-buried-fetus-in-backyard-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is not known<\/a>, but a search warrant was filed on March 6th, and the baby&#8217;s body was found by Susquehanna Regional Police two days later.<\/p>\n<p>A witness communicated with police about the abortion, saying they were there when the teenaged girl took an initial pregnancy test. Later, after obtaining abortion pills, the witness began receiving text messages about the abortion. Court records said the teenager sent texts to the witness like, \u201cIt just now came out,\u201d and \u201cit\u2019s like a full baby,\u201d and \u201cit\u2019s still moving.\u201d Pictures of the baby&#8217;s genitals sent to the witness revealed she had given birth to a girl; in those messages, the teenager wrote, \u201cexcuse my blood everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She further told the witness that she was afraid to touch the baby, because she was still making occasional movements. When the witness asked if the baby was still alive, the teenager responded, &#8220;no, cause its lungs aren&#8217;t developed.&#8221; She said the movements were just reflexes as opposed to meaningful movement, and later said she kept the baby&#8217;s body in a box underneath her bed for several weeks before eventually burying the baby girl.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-lQOooYAs8?si=zYR8zTvWC1EEPAlS\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the lungs are not fully developed until late in the third trimester, the lungs actually begin to grow and form at just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/dev_article_unit5.php#rlstem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four weeks<\/a> gestation. By 15 weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/dev_article_unit13.php#bronchialtreenearcomplete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major parts<\/a> of the airway are in place, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/dev_article_unit14.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breathing activity<\/a> is not only present between 18 and 20 weeks, but follows a circadian rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Steven Diamontoni confirmed that the baby had died; while he did not disclose the child&#8217;s estimated gestational age, he did say the baby was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/local\/lancaster-county\/witness-fetus-found-buried-lancaster-county-yard-at-home-abortion\/521-bd675f07-c2a8-4f33-8c26-2ce40922590b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-viability<\/a>, and could not have survived outside of the womb.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing she was able to tell the baby was a girl means the child was past 10 weeks gestation. Diamontoni also said that, due to decomposition, he would not be able to tell if the baby girl took a breath before dying. While viability is often said to be 24 weeks gestation, babies have survived at much younger ages \u2014 as young as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/premature-baby-celebrates-first-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21 weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So far, it is not known if any charges will be filed against the teenager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/Vety0KE\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-325597\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-500x179.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1.png 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are investigating an at-home abortion that led to the potentially-illegal burial of the preborn baby afterwards \u2014 potentially, infanticide. Lancaster Online reported that an East Donegal Township teenager in Pennsylvania ordered abortion pills online, with the help of her mother, after being turned away from a local abortion facility; she then gave birth to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":327976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#039;It&#039;s still moving&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#039;It&#039;s still moving&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1322338847-dug-hole.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\"},\"headline\":\"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#8216;It&#8217;s still moving&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Analysis\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: 'It's still moving'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#8216;It&#8217;s still moving&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\",\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cassy Cooke\"},\"description\":\"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: 'It's still moving'","description":"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: 'It's still moving'","og_description":"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1322338847-dug-hole.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cassy Cooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cassy Cooke","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/"},"author":{"name":"Cassy Cooke","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392"},"headline":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#8216;It&#8217;s still moving&#8217;","datePublished":"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/"},"wordCount":448,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Analysis","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/","name":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: 'It's still moving'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-03-16T20:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-14T21:00:34+00:00","description":"A PA teen reportedly ordered abortion pills online with the help of her mother after being turned away from a local abortion facility.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenager-under-investigation-at-home-abortion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teenager under investigation after at-home abortion: &#8216;It&#8217;s still moving&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392","name":"Cassy Cooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cassy Cooke"},"description":"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327977,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327955\/revisions\/327977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}