Bill Summaries: S909 (2023-2024 Session)

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  • Summary date: May 15 2024 - View summary

    Subject to approval by voters at the general election in 2024, adds new Section 39 to Article I of the North Carolina Constitution prohibiting the State from restricting a woman's right to decide to have an abortion or from restricting access to contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy, or miscarriage care. Allows the State to restrict a woman's ability to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability, unless termination is necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman, or enact laws, rules, or regulations to further the health or safety of a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy. Sets out the ballot language. If approved, effective January 1, 2025.