§ 1-738.7. Definitions
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-738.7
§ 1-738.7. Definitions
As used in the Unborn Child Pain Awareness/Prevention Act:
1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead fetus who dies as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage, accidental trauma or a criminal assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child;
2. “Attempt to perform an abortion” means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an abortion in Oklahoma in violation of the Unborn Child Pain Awareness/Prevention Act;
4. “Medical emergency” means the existence of any physical condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function arising from continued pregnancy;
Credits
Laws 2006, c. 185, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 161, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-738.7, OK ST T. 63 § 1-738.7
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 182 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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