Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-861
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Procuring an abortion
Official statutory text
Every person who administers to any woman, or who prescribes for
any woman, or advises or procures any woman to take any medicine,
drug or substance, or uses or employs any instrument, or other means
whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such
woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, shall be
guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this
title.
R.L. 1910, § 2436. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 230, § 1; Laws 1997, c.
133, § 257, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 161,
eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 388, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 257 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
any woman, or advises or procures any woman to take any medicine,
drug or substance, or uses or employs any instrument, or other means
whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such
woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, shall be
guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this
title.
R.L. 1910, § 2436. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 230, § 1; Laws 1997, c.
133, § 257, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 161,
eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 388, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 257 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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