Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-757.2

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As used in this act:

1. "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing any

instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance, device or means

with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be

pregnant, with knowledge that the termination by those means will

with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child.

Such use, prescription or means is not an abortion if done with the

intent to:

a. save the life or preserve the health of the unborn

child,

b. remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous

abortion, accidental trauma or a criminal assault on

the pregnant woman or her unborn child,

c. remove an ectopic pregnancy, or

d. treat a maternal disease or illness for which the

prescribed drug is indicated;

2. "Abortion-inducing drug" means a medicine, drug or any other

substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of terminating the

pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with knowledge that the

termination will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the

unborn child. This includes the off-label use of drugs known to

have abortion-inducing properties, which are prescribed specifically

with the intent of causing an abortion, such as mifepristone

(Mifeprex), misoprostol (Cytotec) and methotrexate. This definition

does not apply to drugs that may be known to cause an abortion, but

which are prescribed for other medical indications, such as

chemotherapeutic agents and diagnostic drugs. The use of such drugs

to induce abortion is also known as "medical", "medication", "RU–

486", "chemical", "Mifeprex regimen" or "drug-induced" abortion;

3. "Adverse event", according to the Food and Drug

Administration, means any untoward medical occurrence associated

with the use of a drug in humans, whether or not considered drug-

related. It does not include an adverse event or suspected adverse

reaction that, had it occurred in a more severe form, might have

caused death;

4. "Associated physician" means a person fully licensed and in

good standing to practice medicine in the state including medical

doctors and doctors of osteopathy, who has entered into an

associated physician agreement;

5. "Complication" means any adverse physical or psychological

condition arising from the performance of an abortion which

includes, but is not limited to, uterine perforation, cervical

perforation, infection, heavy or uncontrolled bleeding, hemorrhage,

blood clots resulting in pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis,

failure to actually terminate the pregnancy, incomplete abortion

(retained tissue), pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, missed

ectopic pregnancy, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, renal

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failure, metabolic disorder, shock, embolism, coma, placenta previa

in subsequent pregnancies, preterm delivery in subsequent

pregnancies, free fluid in the abdomen, hemolytic reaction due to

the administration of ABO-incompatible blood or blood products,

adverse reactions to anesthesia and other drugs, subsequent

development of breast cancer, psychological complications such as

depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, sleeping disorders, death

and any other adverse event as defined by the Food and Drug

Administration criteria provided in the Medwatch Reporting System;

6. "Gestational age" means the time that has elapsed since the

first day of the woman's last menstrual period, also known as "last

menstrual period" or "LMP";

7. "Hospital" means an institution providing medical and

surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people, or

institutions defined under Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

8. "Manufacturers and distributors" means individuals or

entities that create, produce, supply, transport or sell drugs,

which include:

a. any substances recognized by an official pharmacopoeia
"Hospital" means an institution providing medical and

surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people, or

institutions defined under Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

8. "Manufacturers and distributors" means individuals or

entities that create, produce, supply, transport or sell drugs,

which include:

a. any substances recognized by an official pharmacopoeia

or formulary,

b. any substances intended for use in the diagnosis,

cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease,

c. any substances other than food intended to affect the

structure or any function of the body, or

d. any substances intended for use as a component of a

medicine but not a device or a component, part or

accessory of a device;

9. "Obstetrician/gynecologist", also known as OB/GYN, means a

licensed physician who specializes in the care of women during

pregnancy and childbirth and in the diagnosis and treatment of

diseases of the female reproductive organs and specializes in other

women's health issues such as menopause, hormone problems,

contraception or birth control, and infertility;

10. "Physician" means any person fully licensed by and in good

standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision

or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to practice medicine in

this state. The term includes medical doctors and doctors of

osteopathy;

11. "Pregnant" or "pregnancy" means that female reproductive

condition of having an unborn child in the mother's uterus;

12. "Provide" or "provision" means, when used regarding

abortion-inducing drugs, any act of giving, selling, dispensing,

administering, transferring possession to or otherwise providing or

prescribing an abortion-inducing drug; and

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13. "Unborn child" means an individual organism of the species

Homo sapiens, beginning at fertilization, until the point of being

born-alive as defined in Title 1 U.S.C., Section 8(b).