Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Alexia Moore, a 31-year-old woman from Georgia, has been charged with murder after taking pills to induce an illegal abortion, potentially marking one of the first such cases under Georgia's 2019 abortion ban.
- Police allege Moore was more than six weeks pregnant, citing medical staff observations of a fetal heartbeat and distress, and she admitted to hospital staff that she induced the abortion and wanted the fetus to die.
- Georgia law prohibits abortion after embryonic cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks gestation, often before many women realize they are pregnant.
- Moore has been held in Camden County jail since March 4 on charges of murder and illegal drug possession, with her attorney seeking bond and a speedy trial;
