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North Carolina · Through S.L. 2026-30

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-23.6: Battery on an unborn child.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
  2. Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.
  3. Article 6A. Unborn Victims.

(a) A person is guilty of the separate offense of battery on an unborn child if the person commits a battery on a pregnant woman. This offense is a lesser-included offense of G.S. 14-23.5.

(b) Penalty. - Any person who commits an offense under this section is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor. (2011-60, s. 2.)

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