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Posted on 11/25/2025 2:13:52 AM PST by Morgana
A woman in South Carolina has been charged with attempted murder and child endangerment for allegedly leaving her baby to die after a chemical abortion using misoprostol failed to end the infant's life in the early third trimester.
Key Takeaways:
* Twenty-year-old Jocelyn Byrum gave birth to a baby at 27 weeks after taking misoprostol.
* Byrum's baby was born alive, and police discovered she did not call for help or offer any assistance to the premature infant.
* The federal Born Alive Infants Protection Act protects babies born alive after an attempted abortion, ensuring they are legally viewed as persons.
* Because Byrum failed to offer assistance to her baby or call for help, she was arrested for attempted murder and unlawful neglect of a child. The baby is in critical condition.
The Details:
According to WYFF4, on November 12, the Rock Hill Police Department and emergency services were called to the home of 20-year-old Jocelyn Byrum, who was said to be experiencing a miscarriage. She admitted to police that she had taken pills to induce labor with the intention of ending the pregnancy.
In an email to Live Action News, Michael Chavis, Police Lieutenant, Police Department City of Rock Hill, said, “The medicine was Misoprostol. We are not disclosing how it was obtained.”
WCNC reported she did not want to have the baby and that "[i]nvestigators determined that Byrum was aware of how far along she was in her pregnancy and deliberately took the medication because she did not want to have the child."
She was 27 weeks pregnant (the very end of the second trimester/beginning of third). At this stage, a baby born prematurely has a greater than 95% chance of survival.
WYFF noted, "Police said Byrum then failed to render any aid or call EMS for assistance with the newborn child following the birth." Thumbnail for Woman charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to terminate pregnancy at 27 weeks
It is unclear who eventually called police. Emergency services personnel gave the infant lifesaving aid, and brought the baby to the hospital for further treatment.
Byrum was arrested on Monday for the attempted murder and unlawful neglect of a child. Her baby remains in critical condition.
The Backstory:
South Carolina protects preborn children from abortion after the baby's heartbeat can be detected, which is typically about six weeks gestation. There are exceptions to the law, including in cases of medical emergency and cases of rape or incest. While pro-abortion groups claim the preborn baby's heart is not functioning at this stage, it is actively pumping blood to support the young life at three weeks post-fertilization (five weeks gestation), despite not yet having developed four chambers:
Like every state, South Carolina also prohibits the killing and neglect of human beings after birth.
Abortion is legal in all 50 states via mifepristone, sadly. Clinton created this mess to protect the murderers.
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I am sorry for the horrors. The active ones in any battle bear the scars of the knowing and seeing. Ask any combat vet. God bless you. You are strong, but human. I pray you find relief and thank you for being a spititual warrior.
I keep remembering this
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
It is all I can do for you now, a small token of paying it forward.
Prayers for that baby.
And prayers for a spiritual reawakening in this country that puts an end to the tolerance of murder of the innocents.
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