CODIFY ROE AND CASEY PROTECTIONS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 19 (Public) Filed Wednesday, January 25, 2023
AN ACT TO CODIFY THE ESSENTIAL HOLDINGS OF ROE V. WADE AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PA V. CASEY.
Intro. by Blue, Batch, Hunt.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Jan 26 2023)

SOG comments (1):

Identical bill

Identical to H19, filed 1/25/23.

Bill History:

S 19

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jan 25 2023 - View Summary

    Enacts Article 1M in GS Chapter 90, to be known as "Codify Roe and Casey Protections" providing as follows. Sets out the Article's purpose. Prohibits the State from imposing an undue burden on the ability of a woman to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability. Specifies that the State may: (1) restrict the ability of a woman to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability, unless termination is necessary to preserve the woman's life or health or (2) enact laws, rules, or regulations to further the health or safety of a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy. Defines undue burden to mean any burden that places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability. Specifies that the Article does not affect laws regarding conscience protection.

    Appropriates $500,000 for 2023-24 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services to fund public education efforts about birth control and pregnancy prevention.  Effective July 1, 2023.