The requirements of § 37-10-303 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.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-305
Medical emergencies
Applied in 3 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)
Acts 1988, ch. 929, § 5.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.