Abortion Case, Hunting Hogs

☀️Sunday Solutions — March 22, 2026☀️

Good morning! We’re taking one last look at Sunshine Week, where we highlight transparency and accountability in government. It’s officially spring, but we’ll shine the light in every season. There are news and updates this week, and open government documents form the basis of reporting from the statehouse to the courthouse and beyond.

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NEWS: COURTS

Will Camden arrest test state abortion law?

On Dec. 30, Alexia Moore, a mother of 2 and an Army veteran, lost a pregnancy after she came to the St. Marys hospital in severe pain. On March 4, she was charged with attempted murder. Kingsland Police say Moore had misoprostol pills to induce an abortion and oxycodone for pain. The coroner’s report answered a few questions left from the initial arrest report and she’ll face arraignment Monday on the attempted murder charge, and to do that authorities will have to refer to the state’s abortion law that legally defines a person as “an unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat.” Until then, she’s in the Camden County jail. The Current‘s Jabari Gibbs reports on the arrest and talks to friends and family. Read the two stories based on interviews and documents available so far from the case.

• Woman charged with attempted murder under Georgia abortion law
• Coroner: Infant died from ‘undetermined causes’

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Agendas are your guide

The “packet” of background information that Camden County Commission publishes with each of its meeting agendas gives the voters who pay the bills and elect the management the time and information they need to lobby their elected officials. That’s just what they did last week on a controversial Cumberland Island land swap, The Current GA’s Mary Landers reported.

Larger local governments tend to publish meeting packets. But development authorities, housing authorities, smaller cities and other equally public boards often do not put this important trust-building information on the internet. 

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EXPLAINER: VOTING

Your question and an answer

A reader wrote us this week to ask about how the SAVE Act — Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — being debated in the Senate affects married women. We found a clear, well-sourced explainer that might help from the nonprofit, independent Politifact.

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NEWS: GOVERNING

Shielding police video – an update

Last week, we mentioned Georgia Senate Bill 482 and its passage in the Senate and move to the House. The bill, for all practical purposes, will shield police body- and dash-camera video from public access, even though that video often exonerates officers from accusations of misbehavior. Granted, some high-profile cases of video spark investigations and — at worst — show circumstances around deadly officer-involved shootings. This bill requires requestors to name each person in a video and sets other high barriers for citizens to obtain and view an event. The bill has been assigned to the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. It will be up to that group including Coastal Georgia legislators Jesse Petrea, Bill Hitchens and Steven Sainz to amend and or move it toward House passage. Learn more here.

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NEWS: GOVERNING

Meanwhile…

The Georgia legislature is rolling toward an early April ending, and other news arrived throughout the week to make us sit up and pay attention.

• Georgia’s budget includes funds for drone-assisted feral hog hunting: No license needed. From Capitol Beat.
• Georgia bill may let pharmacists dispense ivermectin without prescription: The parasite treatment for animals been in the news since Covid, and medical professionals still warn against overdosing. From Georgia Recorder.
• Camden declines support for Cumberland Island land swaps: The motion arrived quietly on an agenda, but it died 500 emails later. From The Current‘s Mary Landers.
• Georgia House to vote on bill protecting student political expression: Public school students would be able to wear t-shirts and other paraphernalia expressing political or social viewpoints. From Georgia Recorder.
• State election board pushes for swift switch to hand-marked paper ballots: After bill sets up process to switch before 2028, board takes another stance. From Georgia Recorder.
• Kemp signs 60-day suspension of state gas tax as pump prices surge: Legislation sets up savings as Iran War impacts energy costs. From Georgia Recorder.
• Are Georgia and other states becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data: The staff at Grist has taken a hard look at rising insurance rates across the U.S., and Georgia, specifically. You might want to budget ahead on this.

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EDITORS CHOICE: EDUCATION

☕ Your second cup: The boys’ club

We’re focused on open records, and no file has gotten more international attention than the Epstein files, which continue to mirror more uncomfortable realities in American life. The story comes from emails between Jeffrey Epstein and his male friends in the tech, education and science world about whether women should be taken seriously in intellectual conversations. The discussions will resonate with women and anyone with daughters who are working to succeed. Read the story from The 19th* here.

🌿 Happy Spring!

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