A 31-year-old woman in the U.S. state of Georgia has been charged with murd£r after police alleged she used medication to terminate a pregnancy beyond the legal limit.

Authorities say Alexia Moore could become one of the first women prosecuted under Georgia’s strict ab@rtion law passed in 2019, which bans most ab@rtion once embryonic cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks.

According to an arrest warrant, medical staff determined Moore was past that stage, noting the fetus had a detectable heartbeat.

Court records state she arrived at a hospital on December 30 complaining of abdominal p+in and told doctors she had taken misoprostol, commonly used for medication ab@rtions, along with oxycodone.

Investigators claim the fetus survived for about an hour after delivery at the hospital. Police further alleged that Moore made a disturbing statement to medical staff, admitting she carried out the ab@rtionherself.

Moore was arrested in Kingsland, roughly 100 miles south of Savannah, and has remained in custody in Camden County since March 4. She faces charges of m¥rder and illegal dr¥g possession.

Her case has sparked controversy, with advocacy group Pregnancy Justice describing it as “unprecedented,” warning that criminalizing ab@rtion could set a far-reaching legal precedent.

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