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(JD) · Jun 07, 2011, 04:00 PM

I don't know if you've already travelled for this... and as you may know I am pro-life. However, I'm not judging you by any means in that sense....

What I am concerned about is that you will live with regret of not being sure of your decision. I hear so many stories of regret after a chosen abortion...and that was behind many of the laws about pre-abortion counseling. Can you wait and receive some of that, even if from a pro-life center? If not, please do seek out post-abortion counseling. There is so much that is going on both physically and psychologically after an abortion.

I don't see why you must leave the State for such an abortion. Doesn't each law leave an option for the doctor in case of a true threat to the mother's life?

It sounds as though you may fit into that clause.

I thought SC had legal abortion through nine months! But of course, if someone could carry that long, they could adopt out.

I'm so sorry that your life is out of control and has resulted in this. Hopefully you will be able to find help to prevent this again? Maybe while you're having the abortion?

Please know that you're in my thoughts...as well as that baby you carry.

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Abortion is legal in South Carolina through the entire nine months of a woman's pregnancy. That is because of what the United States Supreme Court decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton said in 1973. The "trimester" breakdown modeled after Roe v. Wade is currently law in South Carolina. • Months 1-3, legal for any reason, no restrictions except must have the pregnant woman's consent. (first trimester) • Months 4-6, legal for any reason; clinic or hospital performing the abortion must be licensed. (second trimester) • Months 7-9, legal for preserving "the life or health of the woman. " (The Supreme Court, in the companion abortion case to Roe v. Wade, called Doe v. Bolton, defined the term "health" as any physical, emotional, psychological, familial or age factor relevant to the well-being of the woman. ) (third trimester)