Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-740.16: Definitions

As used in the Choosing Childbirth Act:

1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,

medicine, drug or any other substance or device to intentionally:

a. kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant,

or

b. terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be

pregnant, with an intention other than:

(1) after viability of the unborn child, to produce a

live birth and preserve the life and health of

the child born alive, or

(2) to remove a dead unborn child;

2. “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species

Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth; and

3. “Grant-supervising entity” means a private entity which

approves all grants made under the Choosing Childbirth Act that are

not directly made to private organizations by the State Department

of Health for reimbursement of services provided under the Choosing

Childbirth Act and which:

a. is organized as a not-for-profit corporation in

Oklahoma and as a 501(c)3 entity under the federal

Internal Revenue Code, and

b. does not encourage or counsel any woman to have an

abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to

provide her such an abortion or to refer her for such

an abortion, and does not accept funds or services

knowingly from any entity which performs abortions or

receives money for abortions.