Okla. Stat. tit. 63 § 1-744.1

Current through Laws 2024, c. 135.

Section 1-744.1 - Definitions

As used in the Parental Notification for Abortion Act:

1. "Parent" means one parent of the pregnant minor, or the guardian or conservator if the pregnant female has one;

2. "Abortion" means the use of any means intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination with those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the fetus;

3. "Fetus" means any individual human organism from fertilization to birth;

4. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental condition, which a reasonably prudent physician would determine necessitates the immediate abortion of the female's pregnancy to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function arising from continued pregnancy;

5. "Reasonable medical judgment" means a medical judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved; and

6. "Physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state.

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-744.1

Amended by Laws 2022, c. 133,s. 2, eff. 4/29/2022.

Repealed by Laws 2021, c. 308,s. 8, eff. on and after the certification of the Attorney General that: 1. The United States Supreme Court overrules the central holding of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), reaffirmed by Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), thereby restoring to the State of Oklahoma the authority to prohibit abortion; or 2. An amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted that restores to the State of Oklahoma the authority to prohibit abortion.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 320,s. 5, eff. 11/1/2013.