GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 474

Short Title:      Right to Use Contraception.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Helfrich, Prather, Greenfield, and T. Brown (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

March 24, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHT TO USE CONTRACEPTION TO PREVENT PREGNANCY SHALL NOT BE LIMITED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:

"Article 44.

"Right to Use Contraception.

"§ 90‑751.1.  Title.

This Article may be cited as the "Right to Use Contraception Act."

"§ 90‑751.2.  Legislative declaration.

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."

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