Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-745.40: Affirmative defense
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- OK Code
- Title 63
A. 1. A defendant against whom an action is brought under
Section 9 of this act may assert an affirmative defense to liability
under this section if:
a. the defendant has standing to assert the rights of
women seeking an abortion under the tests for third-
party standing established by the United States
Supreme Court, and
b. the imposition of civil liability on the defendant
will result in an undue burden on a woman or group of
women seeking an abortion.
2. The defendant shall bear the burden of proving the
affirmative defense in this subsection by a preponderance of the
evidence.
B. The affirmative defense under subsection A of this section
shall not be available if the United States Supreme Court overrules
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) or Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505
U.S. 833 (1992), regardless of whether the conduct on which the
cause of action is based under Section 9 of this act occurred before
the Supreme Court overruled either of those decisions.
C. Nothing in this section or this act shall in any way limit
or preclude a defendant from asserting the defendant's personal
constitutional rights as a defense to liability under Section 9 of
this act, and a court shall not award relief under Section 9 of this
act if the conduct for which the defendant has been sued was an
exercise of state or federal constitutional rights that personally
belong to the defendant.
D. Nothing in this section or this act shall limit or preclude
a defendant from asserting the unconstitutionality of any provision
of this act as a defense to liability under Section 9 of this act.
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