Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took abortion pills to end pregnancy
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Key Points:
- Alexia Moore, a 31-year-old woman from Georgia, has been charged with murder for allegedly inducing an abortion using pills after the state's six-week abortion ban, potentially marking one of the first such cases under Georgia's 2019 restrictive abortion law.
- Moore reportedly took misoprostol and oxycodone, leading to the fetus being delivered alive but surviving only about an hour; police described the fetus as a "human being" under state law, which defines personhood at live birth.
- The case highlights broader legal and ethical debates as Georgia's abortion law classifies embryos with cardiac activity as persons, allowing possible murder charges for post-heartbeat abortions, though some legal experts doubt prosecutors will pursue the charge.
- Advocacy groups criticize the
