{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-691","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-691","heading":"Homicide defined","body":"A. Homicide is the killing of one human being by another.\n\nB. As used in this section, “human being” includes an unborn\n\nchild, as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.\n\nC. Homicide shall not include:\n\n1. Acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts\n\nwere committed during a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman\n\nconsented; or\n\n2. Acts which are committed pursuant to the usual and customary\n\nstandards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or\n\ntherapeutic treatment.\n\nD. Under no circumstances shall the mother of the unborn child\n\nbe prosecuted for causing the death of the unborn child unless the\n\nmother has committed a crime that caused the death of the unborn\n\nchild.\n\nR.L. 1910 Sec. 2308. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 185, § 1, eff. Nov.\n\n1, 2006.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f7423c2f4fb67bee3444bfe5fc5f3add69a148a44252d9c114b9df4b6f08891d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-681","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-692"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}