March 21 (UPI) -- A woman in Georgia was charged with murder after she took abortion pills she ordered online and then went to the hospital because she was in pain.
The woman, 31-year-old Alexia Moore, was arrested and jailed for violating Georgia's "heartbeat law," which makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, when a heartbeat can be detected.
Moore arrived at the hospital in December complaining about abdominal pain and later delivered a 22- to 24-week-old fetus that had "cardiac activity," but died within about an hour The Washington Post reported.
A security guard at the hospital reported her pregnancy and abortion to police, who questioned her in the hospital but did not arrest her until this week, USA Today reported.
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