Tenn. woman who tried to self-abort pleads guilty to felony

The case was unsettling for abortion rights advocates, who fear that President-elect Donald Trump might try to follow through on campaign rhetoric about penalizing pregnant women who have abortions.

Trump also said he would appoint an anti-abortion Supreme Court justice who could be open to weakening or reversing the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade.

National Advocates for Pregnant Women, which aided Yocca in the case, called the charge "unconstitutional and a violation of international human rights principles."

Police said Yocca filled a bathtub with water in September 2015 and attempted an abortion with a coat hanger.