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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 884 By: Bullard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to abortion; creating the Oklahoma
7 Right to Life Act; providing short title; defining
8 terms; prohibiting certain acts related to abortion;
8 imposing certain duty on health care providers;
9 granting certain criminal and civil immunities;
9 providing certain criminal penalty; providing certain
10 construction; providing for codification; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-731.5 of Title 63, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the
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18 "Oklahoma Right to Life Act".
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19 B. As used in this section:
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20 1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument,
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21 medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to
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22 terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an
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23 intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
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24 preserve the life or health of the unborn person after live birth,
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1 or to remove a dead unborn person who died as the result of a
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2 spontaneous miscarriage, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on
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3 the pregnant female or her unborn person; and
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4 2. "Unborn person" means the unborn offspring of human beings
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5 from the moment of conception, through pregnancy, and until live
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6 birth including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst,
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7 embryo, and fetus.
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8 C. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
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9 shall not purposely or recklessly perform, attempt to perform, or
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10 aid or abet in any way the performance of an abortion.
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11 2. When a medical condition arises that, in the reasonable
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12 medical judgment of the attending health care provider, threatens
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13 the life of a pregnant woman and necessitates delivery of the unborn
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14 person, the health care provider shall deliver the unborn person and
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15 shall make every reasonable effort, given the provider's licensure,
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16 capabilities, and training, to perform a live birth of the unborn
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17 person, to preserve the life of the unborn person after birth, and
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18 to preserve the life of the pregnant woman.
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19 3. If the health care provider makes every such reasonable
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20 effort, he or she shall not be:
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21 a. subject to prosecution for the death of the unborn
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22 person or pregnant woman including, but not limited
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23 to, prosecution under subsection D of this section,
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1 b. liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts
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2 or omissions by such health care provider except for
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3 committing gross negligence or willful wanton wrongs
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4 in the rendering of medical care.
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5 D. 1. Any person found in violation of subsection C of this
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6 section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of murder in the first
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7 degree punishable as provided in Section 701.9 of Title 21 of the
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8 Oklahoma Statutes.
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9 2. This section does not prohibit the sale, use, prescription,
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10 or administration of a contraceptive measure, drug, or chemical if
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11 the contraceptive measure, drug, or chemical is administered before
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12 the time when a pregnancy could be determined through conventional
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13 medical testing and if the contraceptive measure, drug, or chemical
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14 is sold, used, prescribed, or administered in accordance with
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15 manufacturer instructions.
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16 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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17 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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18 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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19 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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