NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 260

HOUSE BILL 107

 

 

AN ACT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN CONCEIVED BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby amended by inserting therein a new Chapter 49A, "Rights of Children," to read as follows:

"Chapter 49A

"Rights of Children

"Article 1

"Children Conceived by Artificial Insemination

"§ 49A-1.  Status of child born as a result of artificial insemination. — Any child or children born as the result of heterologous artificial insemination shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the husband and wife requesting and consenting in writing to the use of such technique."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of April, 1971.