A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion. “No one should be criminalized for having an abortion,” Dana Sussman, senior vice-president of the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice said in a statement, calling Moore’s case “an unprecedented murder charge for an alleged abortion”. Court records say Moore arrived at a hospital on 30 December complaining of abdominal pain. Moore has been jailed in coastal Camden county since 4 March on charges of murder and illegal drug possession, according to online jail records. A spokesperson for the Georgia Public Defender Council confirmed that one of its attorneys is representing Moore but made no further comment.

Source: The Guardian March 20, 2026 06:36 UTC