06/10/2026
On May 13th, the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Bill 1232, a proposed amendment to the state constitution which would declare human life as beginning at fertilization and hold any person using contraceptives that prevent the implantation of a fertilized embryo, such as IUDs, as guilty of attempted murder or first degree murder.
The bill states:
“New human life is recognized by the State as an individual person, entitled to the protection of the laws of this State from the moment of fertilization until the moment of natural death. Any person who willfully seeks to destroy the life of another person, by any means, at any stage of life, or succeeds in doing so, shall be held accountable for attempted murder or for first degree murder, respectively. Any person has the right to defend his or her own life or the life of another person, even by the use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person.”
Read more at https://feminist.org/news/protecting-life-by-ending-lives-the-danger-and-hypocrisy-of-north-carolina-house-bill-1232/