{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-756","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-756","heading":"Medication abortions – Signage required for mifepristone","body":"use – Required information for patients – Violations - Penalties.\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Abortion\" means the use or prescription of any instrument,\n\nmedicine, drug or any other substance or device:\n\n(a) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman\n\nknown to be pregnant; or\n\n(b) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman\n\nknown to be pregnant, with an intention other than to\n\nremove a dead unborn child or, after viability, to\n\nproduce a live birth and preserve the life and health\n\nof the child born alive;\n\n2. \"Medical emergency\" means a condition which, in reasonable\n\nmedical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the\n\npregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her\n\npregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create\n\nserious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of\n\na major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional\n\nconditions. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if\n\nbased on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct\n\nwhich she intends to result in her death or in substantial and\n\nirreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function; and\n\n3. \"Medication abortion\" means the use or prescription of an\n\nabortion-inducing drug or drugs dispensed with the intent to cause\n\nthe death of the unborn child.\n\nB. 1. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic,\n\nhospital or other facility or clinic in which medication abortions\n\nthat use mifepristone are provided shall conspicuously post a sign\n\nin a location defined in paragraph 3 of this subsection so as to be\n\nclearly visible to patients, which reads:\n\n\"NOTICE TO PATIENTS HAVING MEDICATION ABORTIONS WHICH USE\n\nMIFEPRISTONE: Mifepristone, also known as RU-486 or Mifeprex, alone\n\nis not always effective in ending a pregnancy. It may be possible\n\nto reverse its intended effect if the second pill or tablet has not\n\nbeen taken or administered. If you change your mind and wish to try\n\nto continue the pregnancy, you can get immediate help by calling the\n\nAbortion Pill Reversal 24-hour Hotline at 877-558-0333 or going to\n\nwebsite https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/. Additional\n\ninformation is available on the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision's website, www.awomansright.org, which provides informed\n\nconsent materials under the Woman's Right-to-Know Act, including\n\ninformation about the development of the unborn child and video of\n\nultrasound images of the unborn child at various stages of\n\ndevelopment.\"\n\n2. The sign required pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection\n\nshall be printed with lettering that is legible and shall be at\n\nleast three-fourths (3/4) of an inch boldfaced type.\n\n3. A facility in which medication abortions that use\n\nmifepristone are provided that is a private office or a freestanding\n\noutpatient clinic shall post the required sign in each patient\n\nwaiting room and patient consultation room used by patients to whom\n\nsuch medication abortions are provided. A hospital or any other\n\nfacility in which medication abortions are performed that is not a\n\nprivate office or freestanding outpatient clinic shall post the\n\nrequired sign in each patient admission area used by patients on\n\nwhom abortions are performed.\n\nC. 1. Except in the case of a medical emergency, a medication\n\nabortion that uses mifepristone shall not be provided or induced or\n\nattempted to be provided or induced without informing the female, by\n\ntelephone or in person, by the physician who is to dispense or\n\nprovide the abortion drug or drugs, by a referring physician or by\n\nan agent of either physician at least seventy-two (72) hours before\n\nthe abortion:\n\na. that it may be possible to reverse the intended\n\neffects of a medication abortion that uses\n\nmifepristone if the woman changes her mind but that\n\ntime is of the essence, and\nle, by\n\ntelephone or in person, by the physician who is to dispense or\n\nprovide the abortion drug or drugs, by a referring physician or by\n\nan agent of either physician at least seventy-two (72) hours before\n\nthe abortion:\n\na. that it may be possible to reverse the intended\n\neffects of a medication abortion that uses\n\nmifepristone if the woman changes her mind but that\n\ntime is of the essence, and\n\nb. of information on reversing the effects of a\n\nmedication abortion that uses mifepristone, which is\n\navailable on the website of the State Board of Medical\n\nLicensure and Supevision, and included in such\n\ninformation is the Abortion Pill Reversal 24-hour\n\nHotline number: 877-558-0333 and website address:\n\nhttps://www.abortionpillreversal.com.\n\n2. After the first drug, mifepristone, is dispensed or provided\n\nto the patient, the physician or an agent of the physician shall\n\nprovide written instructions to the pregnant woman which shall\n\ninclude the statement:\n\n\"NOTICE TO PATIENTS HAVING MEDICATION ABORTIONS WHICH USE\n\nMIFEPRISTONE: Mifepristone, also known as RU-486 or Mifeprex, alone\n\nis not always effective in ending a pregnancy. It may be possible\n\nto reverse its intended effect if the second pill or tablet has not\n\nbeen taken or administered. If you change your mind and wish to try\n\nto continue the pregnancy, you can get immediate help by calling the\n\nAbortion Pill Reversal 24-hour Hotline at 877-558-0333 or going to\n\nAbortion Pill Reversal website,\n\nhttps://www.abortionpillreversal.com/. Additional information is\n\navailable on the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision's\n\nwebsite, www.awomansright.org, which provides informed consent\n\nmaterials under the Woman's Right-to-Know Act, including information\n\nabout the development of the unborn child and video of ultrasound\n\nimages of the unborn child at various stages of development.\"\n\nD. When a medical emergency compels the performance of an\n\nabortion, the physician shall inform the female, prior to the\n\nabortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting the\n\nphysician's judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her\n\ndeath or that a seventy-two-hour delay will create serious risk of\n\nsubstantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily\n\nfunction, not including psychological or emotional conditions.\n\nE. Within ninety (90) days after this act is enacted, the State\n\nBoard of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall cause to be\n\npublished, in English and in each language which is the primary\n\nlanguage of two percent (2%) or more of the state's population, in\n\nprint and on the website required to be developed and maintained\n\nunder Section 1-738.11 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\ncomprehensible materials designed to inform the female of the\n\npossibility of reversing the effects of a medication abortion that\n\nuses mifepristone, also known as RU-486 or Mifeprex, and information\n\non resources that may be available to help her reverse its effects.\n\nThe website shall include the Abortion Pill Reversal 24-hour Hotline\n\nnumber 877-558-0333 and the Abortion Pill Reversal website address\n\nhttps://www.abortionpillreversal.com.\n\nF. Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides or induces\n\nor attempts to provide or induce an abortion in violation of this\n\nsection shall be guilty of a felony. No penalty may be assessed\n\nagainst the female to whom the medication abortion is provided or\n\ninduced or attempted to be provided or induced. No penalty or civil\n\nliability may be assessed for failure to comply with subsection C of\n\nthis section unless the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision has made the information available on the website at the\n\ntime the physician or the physician's agent is required to inform\n\nthe female.\n\nG. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic or other\n\nfacility or clinic that fails to post a sign required in subsection\nbe assessed for failure to comply with subsection C of\n\nthis section unless the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision has made the information available on the website at the\n\ntime the physician or the physician's agent is required to inform\n\nthe female.\n\nG. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic or other\n\nfacility or clinic that fails to post a sign required in subsection\n\nB of this section in knowing, reckless or negligent violation of\n\nthis act shall be assessed a fine of Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00) by the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision. Each day on which a medication abortion that uses\n\nmifepristone, other than a medication abortion that is necessary to\n\nprevent the death of the pregnant female, is provided in any private\n\noffice, freestanding outpatient clinic or other facility or clinic\n\nduring which the required sign is not posted during a portion of\n\nbusiness hours when patients or perspective patients are present is\n\na separate violation.\n\nH. 1. Any person upon whom an abortion has been performed\n\nwithout this section having been complied with, the father of the\n\nunborn child who was the subject of such an abortion, or, if the\n\nfemale had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time\n\nof the medication abortion or has died as a result of the medication\n\nabortion, the grandparent of such an unborn child may maintain an\n\naction against the person who provided the medication abortion in\n\nknowing or reckless violation of this section for actual and\n\npunitive damages. Any person upon whom an abortion has been\n\nattempted without this section having been complied with may\n\nmaintain an action against the person who attempted to provide the\n\nabortion in knowing or reckless violation of this section for actual\n\nand punitive damages. No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the\n\npregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.\n\n2. If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any\n\naction described in this subsection, the court shall also render\n\njudgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff\n\nagainst the defendant. If judgment is rendered in favor of the\n\ndefendant and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was\n\nfrivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also render\n\njudgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant\n\nagainst the plaintiff.\n\nI. In every civil or criminal proceeding or action brought\n\nunder this section, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of\n\nany female to whom a medication abortion has been provided or\n\nattempted shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not\n\ngive her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua\n\nsponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her\n\nanonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties,\n\nwitnesses and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and\n\nexclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the\n\nextent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure.\n\nEach such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings\n\nexplaining why the anonymity of the female should be preserved from\n\npublic disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the\n\norder is narrowly tailored to serve that interest and why no\n\nreasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of\n\nwritten consent of the female to whom an abortion drug or drugs has\n\nbeen provided or attempted to be provided, anyone, other than a\n\npublic official, who brings an action under subsection D of this\n\nsection shall do so under a pseudonym. This section may not be\n\nconstrued to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses\n\nfrom the defendant.\n\nJ. If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence,\n\nclause, phrase or word of this act or the application thereof to any\nattempted to be provided, anyone, other than a\n\npublic official, who brings an action under subsection D of this\n\nsection shall do so under a pseudonym. This section may not be\n\nconstrued to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses\n\nfrom the defendant.\n\nJ. If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence,\n\nclause, phrase or word of this act or the application thereof to any\n\nperson or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is\n\nhereby declared to be severable and the balance of this act shall\n\nremain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The\n\nLegislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and\n\neach provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or\n\nword thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more\n\nprovision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word be\n\ndeclared unconstitutional.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"dbdb4c476680b6b40aaf0805335c8fadf94a0c1d8db8d34c0b0d529950b3bbd4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-755","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-756.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}