Section 14-44.1 - Providing or advertising abortion-inducing drugs to pregnant woman(a) Offense. - All of the following are unlawful: (1) For any individual within the State, including a physician, an employee or contractor of a physician's office or clinic, or other abortion provider, or organization within the State, including a physician's office or clinic or other abortion provider, to mail, provide, or supply an abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.(2) For any manufacturer or supplier of an abortion-inducing drug to ship or cause to be shipped any abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.(3) For any individual or organization to purchase or otherwise procure an advertisement, host or maintain an internet website, or provide an internet service purposefully directed to a pregnant woman who is a resident of this State when the individual or organization knows that the purpose of the advertisement, website, or internet service is solely to promote the sale of an abortion-inducing drug to be administered to a woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a.(b) Punishment. - An individual or organization who violates this section commits an infraction as defined in G.S. 14-3.1 and is subject to a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.(c) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section:(1) Abortion-inducing drug. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(1a).(2) Organization. - As defined in G.S. 15A-773(c).N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-44.1
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 14, s. 1.3, eff. 7/1/2023, app. 7/1/2023.