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Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took abortion pills to end pregnancy
A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that bans it after the earliest weeks of pregnancy.
TL;DR
- Alexia Moore, a 31-year-old Georgia woman, is facing a murder charge for allegedly inducing her own abortion.
- Police claim Moore violated Georgia's law banning abortions after cardiac activity is detected, generally around six weeks.
- The fetus was reportedly 22-24 weeks gestation and survived for an hour after delivery.
- Moore is also charged with illegal drug possession for oxycodone and misoprostol.
- This case could be among the first murder charges against a woman for an abortion in Georgia since its 2019 law.
- Advocacy groups decry the charge, calling it unprecedented and a criminalization of abortion.
- The decision to prosecute Moore for murder rests with the District Attorney, who must seek a grand jury indictment.