A 20-year-old woman in South Carolina is accused of deliberately trying to induce a miscarriage while she was 27 weeks pregnant, with cops saying she texted a friend "my abortion pills came in" a day before the baby was born alive in a toilet.
Jocelyn Byrum, of Rock Hill, allegedly took the abortion pills she received in an "attempt to kill her unborn child" before giving birth to the baby on Nov. 12 at a home on the 1500 block of Riverview Road, according to court documents obtained by The Herald newspaper.
The young mother is charged with attempted murder and unlawful neglect of a child . Police reportedly provided details about her case in court Tuesday, including how she allegedly chatted with a friend about her plans to kill her baby.
"Yeah, get it gone," the friend allegedly told

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