Georgia woman faces murder charge after taking abortion pill

A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder after she took abortion medication and gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours, according to court documents and arrest records.

Alexia Moore was arrested, charged and jailed by local police earlier this month in coastal Camden County, Georgia, near the Florida border over the episode on December 30.

Nearly all abortions in Georgia are illegal after six weeks of pregnancy. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturned Roe v.