North Carolina § 90-21.141 Findings

North Carolina Statutes

§ 90-21.141 — Findings

North Carolina § 90-21.141

Ch. 90Medicine and Allied Occupations

Art. 1MBorn-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.141 (2026).

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The General Assembly makes the following findings:

(1)If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of North Carolina and entitled to all the protections of such laws.

(2)Any infant born alive after an abortion or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility has the same claim to the protection of the law that would arise for any newborn, or for any person who comes to a hospital, clinic, or other facility for screening and treatment or otherwise becomes a patient within its care. (2023-14, s. 3(a).)

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The General Assembly makes the following findings:
(1) If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of North Carolina and entitled to all the protections of such laws.
(2) Any infant born alive after an abortion or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility has the same claim to the protection of the law that would arise for any newborn, or for any person who comes to a hospital, clinic, or other facility for screening and treatment or otherwise becomes a patient within its care. (2023-14, s. 3(a).)