Alexia Moore murder charge in Georgia after hospital case involving abortion medications

On March 20, 2026, Alexia Moore was formally charged with murder by local police in Kingsland, Georgia after hospital records and an arrest warrant state she took pills to end a pregnancy. The charge follows an investigation into a December hospital delivery in which medical staff reported the newborn survived for about an hour.

The arrest warrant, filed by Kingsland-area investigators, says Moore arrived at the hospital on Dec. 30 complaining of abdominal pain and told clinicians she had taken misoprostol and the opioid oxycodone. Police allege she admitted causing the termination and expressed that the infant should not survive. Medical notes cited in the warrant estimate the pregnancy at 22 to 24 weeks. A toxicology screen reportedly found oxycodone in the newborn's blood, and officials said the test would not detect misoprostol.

Moore has been held in Camden County since March 4 on counts of murder and drug possession, and court filings show her defense has sought bond and a speedy trial; a hearing was scheduled for Monday. The county coroner recorded the cause and manner of death as undetermined and said the state bureau declined to perform an autopsy. Whether prosecutors will seek an indictment rests with District Attorney Keith Higgins. Advocacy groups and local anti-abortion leaders have publicly disagreed on whether the case reflects enforcement of Georgia's 2019 abortion restrictions, which bar most abortions once cardiac activity is detected.