North Carolina § 14-44 - Using drugs or instruments to destroy unborn child.

§ 14-44. Using drugs or instruments to destroy unborn child.

If any person shall willfully administer to any woman, either pregnant or quick with child, or prescribe for any such woman, or advise or procure any such woman to take any medicine, drug or other substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means with intent thereby to destroy such child, he shall be punished as a Class H felon. History (1881, c. 351, s. 1; Code, s. 975; Rev., s. 3618; C.S., s. 4226; 1967, c. 367, s. 1; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.) Cross References. - As to instances when abortion not unlawful, see G.S. 14-45.1 . For structured sentencing provisions, see G.S. 15A-1340.10 et seq. Legal Periodicals. - For article on federal constitutional limitations on the enforcement and administration of state abortion statutes, see 46 N.C.L. Rev. 730 (1968). For article, "Legal Implications of Human in Vitro Fertilization for the Practicing Physician in North Carolina," see 6 Campbell L. Rev. 5 (1984). For note, "State v. Beale and the Killing of a Viable Fetus: An Exercise in Statutory Construction and the Potential for Legislative Reform," see 68 N.C. L. Rev. 1144 (1990). For note entitled, "The Pregnant Silence: Rust v. Sullivan, Abortion Rights, and Publicly Funded Speech," see 70 N.C.L. Rev. 1623 (1992). For article, "Person or Thing - In Search of the Legal Status of a Fetus: A Survey of North Carolina Law," see 17 Campbell L. Rev. 169 (1995). For article, "The Prospect of Enacting An Unborn Victims of Violence Act in North Carolina," see 28 N.C. Cent. L.J. 127 (2006). For article, "Criminalizing Buyers under Child Sex Trafficking Laws as a Critical Protection for Child Victims," see 52 Wake Forest L. Rev. 435 (2017).