\n(a) Offense. – All of the following are unlawful:\n(1) For any individual within the State, including a physician, an employee or contractor of a physician's office or clinic, or other abortion provider, or organization within the State, including a physician's office or clinic or other abortion provider, to mail, provide, or supply an abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.\n(2) For any manufacturer or supplier of an abortion-inducing drug to ship or cause to be shipped any abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.\n(3) For any individual or organization to purchase or otherwise procure an advertisement, host or maintain an internet sence of a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.\n(3) For any individual or organization to purchase or otherwise procure an advertisement, host or maintain an internet website, or provide an internet service purposefully directed to a pregnant woman who is a resident of this State when the individual or organization knows that the purpose of the advertisement, website, or internet service is solely to promote the sale of an abortion-inducing drug to be administered to a woman in violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a.\n(b) Punishment. – An individual or organization who violates this section commits an infraction as defined in G.S. 14-3.1 and is subject to a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.\n(c) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section:\n(1) Abortion-inducing drug. – As defined in G.S. 90-21.81(1a).\n(2) Organization. – As defined in G.S. 15A-773(c). (2023-14, s. 1.3.)
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