{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.140","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.140","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:\n(1)\tAbortion. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.81.\n(2)\tAttempt to perform an abortion. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.81.\n(3)\tBorn alive. - With respect to a member of the species Homo sapiens, this term means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of that member, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion. (2023-14, s. 3(a).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 1M. Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.140.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"68aa7a9c3a1b026d3139a3bc3ba04dc29f1f2c2b8b418415b4b0b87e80823d9e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.134","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}