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§ 1-745.34. Abortion not to be performed if heartbeat detected

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: May 3, 2022

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 7. Hospitals and Related Institutions
C-11. Oklahoma Heartbeat Act
Effective: May 3, 2022
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-745.34
§ 1-745.34. Abortion not to be performed if heartbeat detected
Currentness
A. Except as provided by Sections 5 and 6 of this act,1 a physician shall not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child as required by Section 3 of this act or failed to perform a test to detect a fetal heartbeat.
B. A physician shall not be in violation of this section if the physician performed a test for a fetal heartbeat as required by Section 3 of this act2 and did not detect a fetal heartbeat.
C. This section shall not affect any provision of state law that regulates or prohibits abortion including but not limited to any provision that restricts or regulates an abortion by a particular method or during a particular stage of pregnancy.

Credits

Laws 2022, c. 190, § 4, emerg. eff. May 3, 2022.

Footnotes

1
Title 63, §§ 1-745.35 and 1-745.36, respectively.
2
Title 63, § 1-745.33.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-745.34, OK ST T. 63 § 1-745.34
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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