"Right to Use Contraception Act" - Full Text 

SENATE BILL 540

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Short Title: Right to Use Contraception. 

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Bill Language:

 

“The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

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SECTION 1. Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article 6 to read: Article 44. 8 "Right to Use Contraception."

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The right to use contraception implicates the fundamental liberty to prevent pregnancy. It is the policy of the State of North Carolina that this State has no legitimate governmental interest in limiting the freedom to use contraception to prevent pregnancy.

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SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.”