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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-746.1: Definitions

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  2. Title 63

As used in this act, the term:

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

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

terminate the pregnancy of a female 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, to remove

an ectopic pregnancy or to remove a dead unborn child who died as a

result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma or a criminal

assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child;

2. "Attempt to perform or induce an abortion" means an act, or

an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the

circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a

substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the

performance of an abortion in Oklahoma in violation of this act;

3. "Fetal anomaly incompatible with life" means a profound and

irremediable congenital or chromosomal anomaly that is incompatible

with sustaining life after birth. Fetal anomaly incompatible with

life does not include conditions which can be treated;

4. "Medical emergency" means any condition which, on the basis

of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment, so complicates the

medical condition of a pregnant female as to necessitate the

immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which

a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible

impairment of a major bodily function;

5. "Perinatal hospice" means comprehensive support that

includes support from the time of diagnosis through the time of

birth and death of the infant and through the postpartum period.

Supportive care may include maternal-fetal medical specialists,

obstetricians, neonatologists, anesthesia specialists,

psychiatrists, psychologists, or other mental health professionals,

clergy, social workers, and specialty nurses; and

6. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in

this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

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