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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-745.13: Definitions

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  2. Title 63

As used in the Heartbeat Informed Consent Act:

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

medicine, drug, or any other substance or device to cause the

premature termination of the pregnancy of a woman known to be

pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of

a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live

birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of

natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on

the pregnant woman or her unborn child;

2. "Abortion provider" means any person legally qualified to

perform an abortion under state law;

3. "Embryonic or fetal heartbeat" means embryonic or fetal

cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction

of the embryonic or fetal heart;

4. "Medical emergency" means a condition that, in reasonable

medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the

pregnant woman that it necessitates the immediate abortion of her

pregnancy to avert her death or for which the delay will create

serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of

a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional

conditions. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if

based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct

which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and

irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function;

5. "Reasonable medical judgment" means a medical judgment that

would be made by a reasonably prudent physician;

6. "Unborn child" means a member of the species Homo sapiens

from fertilization until live birth; and

7. "Woman" means a female human being, whether or not she has

reached the age of majority.

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