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NC H158

NC H158
Const. Amend./Life at Fertilization


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Introduced
02/24/2021
In Committee
08/04/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 Session

Bill Summary

Const. Amend./Life at Fertilization

AI Summary

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that would recognize that a distinct and separate human life begins at the moment of fertilization, and that this individual person is entitled to protection under the law from fertilization until natural death. The amendment would make it a crime to willfully seek to destroy the life of another person, with exceptions for self-defense or defense of others. The proposed amendment would be put to a vote of the qualified voters of North Carolina in the 2022 general election.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services, Justice

Sponsors (5)

Last Action

Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (on 08/04/2021)

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