ABORTION
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 133 (S.B. 1555) (WEST)
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 133 (S.B. 1555) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
CHAPTER 133
S.B. No. 1555
ABORTION
An Act relating to abortion; amending Section 18, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2021, which relates to contingent effective date; modifying applicability of certain provisions; modifying conditions under which certain provisions will become effective; repealing Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2021, which relate to abortion; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Abortion
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 18, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Section 18. This act Section 1, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2021 shall only become effective on and after the certification of when the Attorney General certifies that:
1. The United States Supreme Court overrules the central holding of has overruled in whole or in part Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), reaffirmed by and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), thereby restoring to such that the State of Oklahoma the authority to prohibit abortion may enforce Section 861 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or enact a similar statute prohibiting abortion throughout pregnancy; or
2. An amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted that restores to such that the State of Oklahoma the authority to prohibit abortion may enforce Section 861 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or enact a similar statute prohibiting abortion throughout pregnancy.
SECTION 2. REPEALER Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2021, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved April 29, 2022.
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