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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-744.1: Definitions

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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.

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