The requirements of parental consent prescribed by G.S. 90-21.7(a) shall not apply when, in the best medical judgment of the physician based on the facts of the case before the physician, a medical emergency exists that so complicates the pregnancy as to require an immediate abortion, or when the conditions prescribed by G.S. 90-21.1(4) are met.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.9
Medical emergency exception
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. (2006)
Most recently applied in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. (January 2006)
1995, c. 462, s. 1.
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