{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-44.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-44.1","heading":"Providing or advertising abortion-inducing drugs to pregnant woman.","body":"(a)\tOffense. - All of the following are unlawful:\n(1)\tFor 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.\n(2)\tFor 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.\n(3)\tFor any individual or organization to purchase or otherwise procure an advertisement, host or maintain a 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.\n(b)\tPunishment. - 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.\n(c)\tDefinitions. - The following definitions apply in this section:\n(1)\tAbortion-inducing drug. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(1a).\n(2)\tOrganization. - As defined in G.S. 15A-773(c). (2023-14, s. 1.3; 2025-25, s. 29(5).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.","Article 11. Abortion and Kindred Offenses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-44.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"f531c33c6e52ee78f229ed0fe53a65d016f294e204836db10a138da05fa105f2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-44","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}