NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 383

HOUSE BILL 626

 

 

AN ACT TO REVISE THE STATUTE ALLOWING ABORTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-45.1 is hereby amended by deleting from the second line of the sixth paragraph the words "four months" and substituting in lieu thereof "30 days"; and by deleting the eighth paragraph and substituting in lieu thereof the following paragraph:

"Only after two doctors of medicine shall have examined said woman and certified in writing the circumstances which they believe to justify the abortion, and".

Sec. 1 1/2.  G.S. 14-45.1 is further amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of the section to read as follows:

"All abortions performed under the provisions of this section shall be reported to the State Board of Health within five (5) days of the date of operation. The report shall be for statistical purposes only and the confidentiality of the patient relationship shall be protected. The report shall be submitted on a form provided by the State Board of Health. The administrator of the hospital in which an abortion is performed shall be responsible for insuring that a report is submitted in accordance with this paragraph. The requirements of G.S. 130-43 are waived for abortions as provided in this section."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1971.