Miss. Code § 41-41-57 : PUBLIC HEALTH — SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS —PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS UPON MINORS; CONSENT —41-57 - Exception for medical emergency

Sections 41-41-51 through 41-41-63 shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so complicates the pregnancy as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 41-41-53 and 41-41-55 by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion the medical indications on which his judgment was based.