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After gaining traction on social media, a House bill that would have asked voters in November whether to enshrine stricter abortion laws in the North Carolina Constitution attracted attention in the state and beyond. Top House leadership, however, dismissed the proposal this week as \u201cnot a serious bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The bill in question is House Bill 1232,<\/a> which was filed by Rep. Keith Kidwell, a Beaufort County Republican, earlier this month. If passed, the bill would have asked voters if they are for or against a<\/a> \u201cconstitutional amendment to recognize that a distinct and separate human life begins at the moment of fertilization, and this individual person is entitled to the protection of the laws of the State from the moment of fertilization until the moment of natural death,\u201d The News & Observer previously reported.<\/p>\n

Had voters been in favor of the measure, the state Constitution would have been amended to add a section stating that \u201cnew human life is recognized by the State as an individual person\u201d and is entitled to protection under state law. The amendment would also have said that anyone who \u201cwillfully seeks to destroy the life of\u201d another, or succeeds in doing so, \u201cshall be held accountable for attempted murder or for first-degree murder.\u201d In addition, it states that any person has the right to defend their own life or the life of another \u201ceven by the use of deadly force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidwell, who was defeated in his March primary, has introduced similar legislation in previous sessions, but those efforts have gained little traction in the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

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And once more, it is going nowhere, according to House Speaker Destin Hall.<\/p>\n

Asked about the abortion bill on Tuesday by The N&O, Hall said, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have any chance of moving at all, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s literally any member of our caucus who wants it to move. Representative Kidwell might, but no, it\u2019s not going to move, it\u2019s not a serious bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Kidwell has tried.<\/p>\n

During the 2023 debate over tightening North Carolina\u2019s abortion laws, which at the time allowed abortions through 20 weeks of pregnancy, Kidwell introduced legislation that would<\/a> have prohibited abortion in nearly all cases, allowing an exception only when the mother\u2019s life was in danger. Republican lawmakers ultimately coalesced around a different proposal that barred most abortions after 12 weeks while permitting<\/a> exceptions for rape, incest, certain fetal anomalies and medical emergencies.<\/p>\n

Kidwell filed another bill in 2025 to ban abortion after conception with no exceptions, other than to preserve the mother\u2019s life. That also did not move, and Hall said there was no interest in it.<\/p>\n

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The N&O previously reached out to Kidwell but did not hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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