N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.9 : MEDICINE AND ALLIED OCCUPATIONS — TREATMENT OF MINORS — PARENTAL OR JUDICIAL CONSENT FOR ABORTION —21.9 - Medical emergency exception

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.