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A North Carolina woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for taking abortion medication. The prosecution represents an escalation in using criminal law against women seeking abortion care.
A North Carolina woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for taking abortion medication. The charge is severe—assault with a deadly weapon typically carries years of prison time—and it's being applied to a woman's private medical decision.
This represents a direct escalation in how abortion law is being weaponized. Prosecuting someone for taking pills criminalizes the act of seeking abortion care itself, not just providing it. The deadly weapon charge is particularly telling: it frames abortion medication as a weapon against a fetus, collapsing the legal distinction between a person and fetal tissue. If this charge survives, it creates a new criminal category: women who medicate themselves face felony prosecution. It's a test of how far prosecutors will push.
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