STAM v. STATE

No. 79.

275 S.E.2d 439 (1981)

Paul STAM, Jr. v. STATE of North Carolina et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Stam, Jr., Apex, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Steven M. Shaber, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State-appellee.

Michael R. Ferrell, Raleigh, for the County of Wake, appellee.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

By his first assignment of error, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in concluding that a human fetus is not a "person" within the protection guaranteed by Article I, Sections 1 and 19 of the North Carolina Constitution. Plaintiff's second assignment of error is to the trial court's conclusion that the state funding of these abortions does not violate Article V, Section 5 of our Constitution requiring every act which levies a tax...

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