{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.81b","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.81B","heading":"When abortion is lawful.","body":"Notwithstanding any of the provisions of G.S. 14-44 and G.S. 14-45, and subject to the provisions of this Article, it shall not be unlawful to procure or cause a miscarriage or an abortion in the State of North Carolina in the following circumstances:\n(1)\tWhen a qualified physician determines there exists a medical emergency.\n(2)\tDuring the first 12 weeks of a woman's pregnancy, when the procedure is performed by a qualified physician licensed to practice medicine in this State in a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or clinic certified by the Department of Health and Human Services to be a suitable facility for the performance of abortions, in accordance with G.S. 90-21.82A or during the first 12 weeks of a woman's pregnancy when a medical abortion is procured.\n(3)\tAfter the twelfth week and through the twentieth week of a woman's pregnancy, when the procedure is performed by a qualified physician in a suitable facility in accordance with G.S. 90-21.82A when the woman's pregnancy is a result of rape or incest.\n(4)\tDuring the first 24 weeks of a woman's pregnancy, if a qualified physician determines there exists a life-limiting anomaly in accordance with this Article. (2023-14, s. 1.2; 2023-65, s. 14.1(c).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 1I. Abortion Laws."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.81B.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"0c9639b604d088b063b36a3c58e8afad8655218068e36d4d19e8b5915c1c7175","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.81a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.81c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}