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OK HB1008

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jim Olsen

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits abortion except when necessary to preserve the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency, defined as a condition that cannot be remedied by delivery and endangers the woman's life through physical disorder, illness, or injury including pregnancy-related conditions.

  • Requires persons performing abortions to prioritize preserving both the pregnant woman's and baby's lives, with abortion permitted only if the physician judges the baby's birth to be a threat to the woman's life.

  • Establishes performing or attempting abortion as a felony punishable by a fine up to $100,000, imprisonment up to 10 years, or both.

  • Prohibits charging pregnant women with criminal offenses related to their own unborn child's death and allows contraceptives administered before pregnancy detection in accordance with manufacturer instructions.

  • Provides an affirmative defense for licensed physicians whose medical treatment to a pregnant woman accidentally or unintentionally injures or kills the unborn child.

Legislative Description

Abortion; prohibition of abortion; definitions; prescribing standard based upon preservation of the life of a pregnant woman; emergency.

Last Action

CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee

2/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health2/4/2025
Health and Human Services Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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