{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-861","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-861","heading":"Procuring an abortion","body":"Every person who administers to any woman, or who prescribes for\n\nany woman, or advises or procures any woman to take any medicine,\n\ndrug or substance, or uses or employs any instrument, or other means\n\nwhatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such\n\nwoman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, shall be\n\nguilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as\n\nprovided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this\n\ntitle.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 2436. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 230, § 1; Laws 1997, c.\n\n133, § 257, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 161,\n\neff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 388, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.\n\nNOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective\n\ndate of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 257 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.","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":"8034440045d42c197671a6c9e9cd58357c764010990481b4b5e88b8f9cdd6956","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-858.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-865"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}