Oklahoma Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act (HB 1721)

• Prohibits any person from purposely performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the pregnant woman's life or health.

• Defines dismemberment abortion as purposely dismembering a living unborn child and extracting fetal parts one piece at a time using instruments such as clamps, forceps, tongs, or scissors, but excludes abortions using suction to remove fetal parts.

• Establishes civil causes of action for injunctive relief and damages (including three times the cost of the procedure) against violators, maintainable by the pregnant woman, her relatives, licensed health care providers, or prosecuting attorneys; exempts the pregnant woman from liability.

• Creates criminal penalty of a fine of $10,000 and/or imprisonment up to two years for violations; allows court-ordered delay of up to 30 days for medical board hearing on whether abortion was medically necessary.

• Requires preservation of pregnant woman's anonymity in all proceedings and provides for plaintiffs other than public officials to use pseudonyms; mandates attorney fee awards to prevailing parties.