This story is free to read.

Georgia woman who used abortion pills still faces legal woes

In this May 23, 2015 photo released by the Dougherty County Sheriff's Office, Kenlissia Jones, 23, poses for a booking photo. Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards issued a statement saying he had dismissed a malice murder charge against Jones, who was released from jail after about three days in confinement. Abortion-rights advocates and opponents of abortion alike had said they were stunned by the murder charge. Georgia has prohibited the prosecution of women for feticide or for performing illegal abortions in cases involving their own pregnancies. (Dougherty County Sheriff's Office via AP) In this May 23, 2015 photo released by the Dougherty County Sheriff's Office, Kenlissia Jones, 23, poses for a booking photo. Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards issued a statement saying he had dismissed a malice murder charge against Jones, who was released from jail after about three days in confinement. Abortion-rights advocates and opponents of abortion alike had said they were stunned by the murder charge. Georgia has prohibited the prosecution of women for feticide or for performing illegal abortions in cases involving their own pregnancies. (Dougherty County Sheriff's Office via AP)

By Associated Press June 11, 2015 1 min read

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia woman who was accused of terminating her pregnancy using pills she ordered online still faces legal problems after a murder charge against her was dropped.

Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards said Wednesday that Georgia law doesn’t allow for 23-year-old Kenlissia Jones of Albany to be prosecuted for malice murder. Police charged Jones after she delivered her fetus in a car headed to a hospital Saturday. A social worker told officers she used pills to induce labor after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Jones remains charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing a dangerous drug, which Georgia law defines as any prescription drug.

Lynn Paltrow of National Advocates for Pregnant Women says it’s part of a trend in which some women are prosecuted for exercising their abortion rights.