If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable, and the balance of this Article shall remain effective, notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed this Article, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word be declared unconstitutional.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.92
Severability
Known as the Abortion Law
The act spans §§ 90–90 (23 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Stuart v. Huff (2011)
Most recently applied in Stuart v. Huff (December 2011)
2011-405, s. 1.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.