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An act relating to pregnancy centers, the official text

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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

15              child,

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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