A South Carolina woman named Ashley Brown has just spent three weeks dealing with the fallout from a non-viable pregnancy. Despite it being confirmed by her doctors, restrictive state laws have prevented her from receiving medical intervention to end it, which she has feared can lead to sepsis. In a video that got 5.4 million views, she shared that she was looking for options in Orlando while on vacation. However, Florida state laws made her embrace alternate solution Ashley told her TikTok audience that Planned Parenthood stated that they could give her a D&C procedure if there was no heartbeat. However, to qualify for that, she needed to wait 11 days between scans. “I have to have an elective abortion tomorrow on vacation, because I don’t want to wait any longer,” she shared. “I’m also incredibly concerned about going septic, and I’d rather just have it removed today and move on with my life than be in the hospital for sepsis.” She described the emotional toll of the process, stating, “I had to be asked if I wanted to see nine months of pregnancy, if I wanted to change my mind. The way the law is written is awful for a woman in my situation.” Despite her struggle, one commentator called her a liar She responded to that accusation in her next video and laid out the timeline of her situation.On June 5, Ashley received test result that showed her hCG levels had not doubled in nine days. Per ConceiveAbilities, hCG is a hormone produced by the placenta during implantation, and levels should typically double every two or three days in a healthy, viable pregnancy. On June 8, Ashley visited a hospital due to pain. During that visit, an ultrasound showed an empty gestational sac measuring five weeks and four days. Because the sac was not 25 millimeters, doctors could not definitively diagnose a blighted ovum, which is a condition where the pregnancy stops developing after the gestational sac forms. @ashley_livinginchaos The main reason I went was that I was told they could help and treat my miscarriage and unfortunately that ended up not being true. However, even though im right around 8wks pregnant and Florida has a 6wk abortion ban the sac is still measuring around 5wks, so I am able to get an elective abortion in Florida. Unfortunately this means it won’t be covered by insurance This just feels like what I have to do at this point. I don’t want to get an infection, I have had 5 miscarriages and I really don’t want to pass the sac in the Florida heat. I think that would be extremely dangerous with the blood loss. So I literally feel like this is my only option for my physical and mental health. And before you tell me the baby may live please watch my other videos and understand how traumatic this has all been. It is biologically impossible for this to be viable. ♬ original sound – Ashley_livinginchaos By June 12, a follow-up ultrasound revealed a yolk sac, a new discovery. Ashley noted, “The reason they could not give me a DNC on Friday, even though the sack was measuring the same and my hCG had been stagnant now for over a week, was that there was a change.” ConceiveAbilities noted that doctors often wait 11 days after a scan shows a gestational sac with a yolk sac before confirming fetal demise if no heartbeat is detected, and thus declaring it a non-viable pregnancy. Ashley felt the hospital failed her, as the yolk sac was already measuring 5.6 millimeters, a size associated with non-viable outcomes.”I have been told the same thing in the state of South Carolina and the state of Florida, that there is an 11-day rule,” Ashley said. “If there are any discrepancies, you have to keep waiting 11 days for every discrepancy to see if there is change. Even though we know it’s not viable, we know my dates are not wrong. We know that there will never be a fetus, there will never be a heartbeat. So I am forced to stay pregnant for as long as that takes.” @ashley_livinginchaos Replying to @Rachel hope this helps ♬ original sound – Ashley_livinginchaos Per ConceiveAbilities, her situation is medically referred to as a missed miscarriage or a missed abortion, where the pregnancy is non-viable but the body does not immediately expel the tissue. If this tissue remains inside the body, it can lead to dangerous infections like sepsis. An Iowa woman who found herself dying from a non-viable pregnancy took to Instagram to ask, “Where’s the pro-life in that?!” In the comments, user Savi commented, “Putting women at risk for sepsis is insane,” while Nicholle Tyler Willi added, “This is literally a form of torture.” Another user named Kate highlighted the clinical reality of the situation, noting, “A miscarriage is still medically labeled as a ‘spontaneous abortion’ on paperwork. I lost my babe at 12 weeks, it was recognized as miscarriage but my paperwork said spontaneous.” The following day, Ashley confirmed she had successfully received the procedure at the Orlando Planned Parenthood. In an Instagram post, she wrote, “Smiling for the first time in what feels like weeks. ” She emphasized that the staff stayed after hours to ensure she was cared for. View this post on Instagram “I found out June 5th I was having a miscarriage but my body wasn’t getting rid of the pregnancy,” she wrote. “It’s June 18th and I’m finally not pregnant anymore. If I hadn’t gotten an elective abortion today, I would have had to stay pregnant another week or more before getting medical assistance for removal of the pregnancy and that felt unbearable to me.” “I feel so at peace and like I can finally move on,” she stated. “I can now start my mental healing process.”