S.C. woman faces charges for illegal abortion, police say
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Published: Mar. 7, 2023 at 9:32 AM EST
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WMBF) - Police in Greenville Department said a woman is facing charges for having an illegal abortion.
Officers said the woman was taken to a local hospital after having labor contractions. The woman told doctors she took a pill to abort the fetus and delivered a stillborn baby that was 25 weeks old.
South Carolina law bans self-medication to abort a pregnancy.
The woman is now facing charges of performing an unlawful abortion and is the fifth person accused of the crime since 2000.
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