Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-744.1
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Definitions
Official statutory text
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.
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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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