"This is an unprecedented murder charge for an alleged abortion, even though no law in the state of Georgia permits such a charge. Do they really want to send women to prison for abortions? This will cause untold harm to this woman and to the women of Georgia."
"The GOP effort to charge people who get abortions with murder has technically been a series of unsuccessful legislative flops, shot down from South Carolina to Tennessee. Still, that hasn't stopped multiple Republican-run states from trying to criminalize people who have an abortion, whether they charge them with abuse of a corpse, with improper disposal of remains, or with possession of a controlled substance."
Republican-run states continue attempting to criminalize abortion through various legal charges including murder, abuse of a corpse, and improper disposal of remains, despite legislative failures in multiple states. A 31-year-old Black woman in Georgia was arrested and charged with murder and drug possession after taking misoprostol, the medication used in abortion procedures. She sought hospital care in December for pain, prompting staff to alert police. This case mirrors a 2015 incident where a Black woman faced murder charges for taking abortion pills; those charges were eventually dropped when officials confirmed Georgia law prohibits prosecuting pregnant people for ending pregnancies. Legal experts note this represents an unprecedented murder charge for alleged abortion despite no state law permitting such prosecution.
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