I was an anti-abortion advocate, but after being forced to carry my dead baby for months, it's made me rethink EVERYTHING
The now 31-year-old mother from South Carolina believed at the time that she was doing the right thing.
But now, Weber has found herself in the crosshairs of the very abortion laws she once supported, unable to terminate her pregnancy, even after her baby had died.
She was overjoyed to be pregnant again, naming the child Enzo despite not knowing the gender because, in her heart, she felt certain it was a boy.
But at her nine-week ultrasound, doctors couldn't find a heartbeat. They told her the fetus measured just over six weeks, about the size of a pea.
Follow-up tests confirmed that the baby had died. Her doctors recommended a termination to avoid infection or a potentially life-threatening hemorrhage.
But because of South Carolina's near-total abortion ban after six weeks — one of the strictest in the country — she was forced to carry the non-viable pregnancy for weeks.
In a tearful video posted online, Weber said: 'I grew up very Conservative Christian. We stood outside of abortion clinics. Like, that was my growing-up years.
'But what you guys need to understand with these laws is it's not just people who are going having elective abortions that are being affected... because my baby is dead, my baby doesn't have a heartbeat, my baby is gone, but I am not allowed to do anything about it.'
Sobbing, she added: 'I just sit here and wait for another week and suffer and have a chance at hemorrhaging and have a chance at infection all because of these stupid laws.'
South Carolina imposed a six-week fetal heartbeat law in May 2023, which forbids all abortions after week six, around the time a fetal heartbeat is first detected.
The few exceptions include when the pregnant mother is experiencing a medical emergency or fetal anomaly, and in cases of rape or incest reported to law enforcement during the first trimester.
In cases where a heartbeat is not detected at six weeks, patients are still asked to wait at least another two weeks to prove a pregnancy is non-viable and that due care has been taken, according to lawyers in the state.
After doctors first concluded Weber's baby was dead, she was sent home to try to miscarry the fetus naturally.
But her morning sickness continued unabated and she did not miscarry, leading her to return to doctors to ask for a termination.
They refused, saying they could not end the pregnancy unless she was hemorrhaging or suffering from sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection.
Weber then went to another hospital, where tests showed her white blood cell count was very high, suggesting an infection, but that staff at this hospital also concluded they couldn't end the pregnancy.
What followed was a grueling three-week wait before doctors finally decided they would be able to end the pregnancy.
She had a dilation and curettage, where the cervix is dilated using medication and a surgical instrument is inserted that gently removes the tissue lining the uterus to end the pregnancy.
She is heartbroken by the whole process, saying it led her to take weeks off work and delayed her getting the chance to mourn her dead baby.
She has set up a GoFundMe to help cover expenses, which has so far raised $5,211 out of the $6,500 goal.
Weber has three other children aged six, five and 18 months. She also had a son who died in 2018 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
She is no longer an ultra-conservative and said she has left her religion and did not vote for President Donald Trump.
She was a member of the International House of Prayer, an ultra-Christian group that often takes a pro-life view on abortion.
She revealed her issues in a post on TikTok, that has now been viewed more than 213,000 times.
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