Bill Summary for H 163 (2017-2018)

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Feb 21 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 163 (Public) Filed Tuesday, February 21, 2017
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RIGHT TO LIFE AT CONCEPTION.
Intro. by Boswell.

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Enacts new Article 1K in GS Chapter 90 entitled the Right to Life at Conception Act. Declares, pursuant to the authority of the General Assembly under the North Carolina Constitution, that the right to life is vested in each human being. Defines human person or being to include each member of the human species at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization or cloning, or any other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being. Clarifies that nothing in this statute: (1) requires the prosecution of any woman for the death of an unborn child, (2) prohibits in vitro fertilization, or (3) prohibits the use of birth control or other means of preventing human fertilization. Effective October 1, 2017.