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Georgia Woman’s Murder Charge After Abortion Pill Sparks Legal and Ethical Debate

  Anti-abortion and abortion rights protestors demonstrate on the anniversary of the decision by the United States Supreme to overturn Roe v. Wade, outside the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, June 24, 2024. A Georgia woman, 31‑year‑old Alexia Moore , is facing a rare murder charge after authorities say she took misoprostol , a medication used to induce abortion, leading to the premature birth and death of her infant. The case has drawn national attention because it is among the first in Georgia to charge a woman with murder in connection with ending a pregnancy since the state enacted its restrictive 2019 abortion law , which bans most abortions after about six weeks of gestation.  Investigators say Moore was between 22 and 24 weeks pregnant when she went to a hospital reporting severe abdominal pain. The infant was delivered alive but survived for only about an hour. Police allege Moore had taken both misoprostol and oxycodone prior to arriving at the hospital. Moore h...
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Wall Street Ends Week With Small Gain, But Big Loss


The US stock indexes closed slightly higher on Friday, but it was not enough to prevent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite from having their worst weekly performance in months. The uncertainty over interest rate cuts has been cited as a major factor in the decline.

The economic data releases offered contrasting views on the state of the US economy: a robust jobs report from the Labor Department, which showed US employers hired more workers than expected in December, and a weak services sector survey from the ISM (,Institute for Supply Management) which showed activity in the services sector fell in December.

Some individual stocks had notable movements on Friday, such as Peloton (up on a TikTok deal) and Palantir (down on a Jefferies report).


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