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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-691: Homicide defined

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A. Homicide is the killing of one human being by another.

B. As used in this section, “human being” includes an unborn

child, as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

C. Homicide shall not include:

1. Acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts

were committed during a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman

consented; or

2. Acts which are committed pursuant to the usual and customary

standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or

therapeutic treatment.

D. Under no circumstances shall the mother of the unborn child

be prosecuted for causing the death of the unborn child unless the

mother has committed a crime that caused the death of the unborn

child.

R.L. 1910 Sec. 2308. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 185, § 1, eff. Nov.

1, 2006.

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