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