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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3194 By: Crosswhite Hader
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7 AS INTRODUCED
8 An Act relating to pregnancy centers; defining terms;
prohibiting certain agencies from requiring a
9 pregnancy center to offer or perform abortions;
prohibiting certain agencies from requiring a
10 pregnancy center to offer, provide, or distribute
abortion-inducing drugs or contraception; prohibiting
11 certain agencies from requiring a pregnancy center to
refer for abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or
12 contraception; prohibiting certain agencies from
requiring a pregnancy center to counsel in favor of
13 abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or contraception;
prohibiting certain agencies from requiring a
14 pregnancy center to post any advertisement or similar
material that promotes abortion, abortion-inducing
15 drugs, or contraception, or that provides any
information about obtaining an abortion, abortion-
16 inducing drugs, or contraception; prohibiting certain
agencies from prohibiting a pregnancy center from
17 providing information, care, counseling, classes, or
other services related to pregnancy, childbirth,
18 adoption, or parenting; prohibiting certain agencies
from prohibiting a pregnancy center from providing
19 pre- and post-natal resources; prohibiting certain
agencies from prohibiting a medical pregnancy center
20 from providing medical testing, counseling, and care
related to pregnancy or childbirth; prohibiting
21 certain agencies from prohibiting a medical pregnancy
center from counseling a woman on any pregnancy-
22 related care or treatment; prohibiting certain
agencies from interfering with the pregnancy center's
23 staffing or hiring decisions; providing remedies;
providing for severability; and providing an
24 effective date.
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4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
5 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
6 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-709.10 of Title 63, unless
7 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
8 As used in this section:
9 1. "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing an
10 instrument, a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, device, or
11 means with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a
12 woman known to be pregnant. An act is not an abortion if the act is
13 done with the intent to:
14 a. save the life or preserve the health of an unborn
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16 b. remove a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by
17 a miscarriage, or
18 c. remove an ectopic pregnancy;
19 2. "Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug, a medicine, or any
20 other substance, including a regimen of two or more drugs,
21 medicines, or substances, prescribed, dispensed, or administered
22 with the intent of terminating a clinically diagnosable pregnancy of
23 a woman and with knowledge that the termination will, with
24 reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the woman's unborn child.
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1 The term includes off-label use of drugs, medicines, or other
2 substances known to have abortion-inducing properties that are
3 prescribed, dispensed, or administered with the intent of causing an
4 abortion, including the Mifeprex regimen, misoprostol (Cytotec), and
5 methotrexate. The term does not include a drug, medicine, or other
6 substance that may be known to cause an abortion but is prescribed,
7 dispensed, or administered for other medical reasons;
8 3. "Contraception" means the use of any natural or artificial
9 means to prevent the fertilization of a human ovum;
10 4. "Pregnancy center" means a private nonprofit organization
11 that promotes childbirth and alternatives to abortion and provides
12 women, children, and families with resources, counseling, classes,
13 referrals, and/or information related to pregnancy, childbearing,
14 adoption, and parenting; and
15 5. "Medical pregnancy center" means a private nonprofit
16 organization that promotes childbirth and alternatives to abortion
17 and provides medical testing, medical counseling, or medical care
18 related to pregnancy. It may also provide women, children, and
19 families with resources, counseling, classes, referrals, or
20 information related to pregnancy, childbearing, adoption, and
21 parenting.
22 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-709.11 of Title 63, unless
24 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 The State of Oklahoma and any of its state, county, city, or
2 municipal officials, political subdivisions, or agencies shall not,
3 through the adoption or enactment of any law, ordinance, policy, or
4 similar measure:
5 1. Require a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center to
6 offer or perform abortions;
7 2. Require a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center to
8 offer, provide, or distribute abortion-inducing drugs or
9 contraception;
10 3. Require a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center to
11 refer for abortion, an abortion-inducing drug, or contraception;
12 4. Require a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center to
13 counsel in favor of abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or
14 contraception;
15 5. Require a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center to
16 post any advertisement, sign, flyer, or similar material that
17 promotes abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or contraception, or
18 that provides any information about obtaining an abortion, abortion-
19 inducing drugs, or contraception;
20 6. Prohibit a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center from
21 providing information, care, counseling, classes, or other services
22 related to pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, or parenting because the
23 pregnancy center does not perform, refer, or counsel in favor of
24 abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or contraception;
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1 7. Prohibit a pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center from
2 providing pre- and post-natal resources such as diapers, baby
3 clothes, baby furniture, formula, and similar items because the
4 pregnancy center or medical pregnancy center does not perform,
5 refer, or counsel in favor of abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or
6 contraception;
7 8. Prohibit a medical pregnancy center from providing medical
8 testing, counseling, and care related to pregnancy or childbirth
9 because the medical pregnancy center does not perform, refer, or
10 counsel in favor of abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, or
11 contraception;
12 9. Prohibit a medical pregnancy center from counseling a woman
13 on any pregnancy-related medical care or treatment, including
14 medical care or treatment that may counteract or reverse the effects
15 of abortion-inducing drugs; and
16 10. Interfere with the pregnancy center's or medical pregnancy
17 center's staffing or hiring decisions by requiring it to interview,
18 hire, or continue to employ any person who does not affirm the
19 center's mission statement or agree to comply with the center's pro-
20 life ethic and operating procedures.
21 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-709.12 of Title 63, unless
23 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 A pregnancy center, medical pregnancy center, or any party
2 aggrieved by any violation of this act may commence a civil action
3 for damages, declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and any other
4 appropriate relief. A prevailing party shall be entitled, upon the
5 finding of a violation, to recover threefold his, her, or its actual
6 damages sustained. Recovery shall not be less than Ten Thousand
7 Dollars ($10,000.00), along with the costs of the action and
8 reasonable attorney fees. Such damages shall be cumulative and in
9 no way limited by any other remedies which may be available under
10 any other federal, state, or municipal law.
11 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-709.13 of Title 63, unless
13 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
14 It is the intent of the Legislature that every provision of this
15 act shall operate with equal force and shall be severable one from
16 the other and that, in the event that any provision of this act
17 shall be held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
18 jurisdiction, said provision shall be deemed severable and the
19 remaining provisions of this act deemed fully enforceable.
20 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
21 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-709.14 of Title 63, unless
22 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 The Legislature, by joint resolution, may appoint one or more of
2 its members to intervene as a matter of right in any case in which
3 the constitutionality or enforceability of this act is challenged.
4 SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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