An anti-abortion activist shows a plastic doll depicting a fetus during a protest against Mexico's Supreme Court in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. The Supreme Court began discussions this week to consider whether state governments can legislate on abortion. Abortion in Mexico City is legal before the fourth month of pregnancy, since 2009. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Tennessee woman charged with attempted first-degree murder following self-induced, coat hanger abortion

A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted first-degree murder for a failed self-induced abortion attempt. According to the Daily News Journal, Anna Yocca of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was 24 weeks pregnant when she decided to perform her own abortion. She filled a bathtub with water and inserted a coat hanger into her womb. After the Read More