As used in the Choosing Childbirth Act:
1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to intentionally:
a.kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant, or
b.terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than:
(1)after viability of the unborn child, to produce a live birth and preserve the life and health of the child born alive, or
(2)to remove a dead unborn child;
2. "Unborn child" means an individual organism of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth; and
3. "Grant-supervising entity" means a private entity which approves all grants provided under the Choosing Childbirth Act and which:
a.is organized as a not-for-profit corporation in Oklahoma and as a 501(c)3 entity under the federal Internal Revenue Code, and
b.does not encourage or counsel any woman to have an abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to provide her such an abortion or to refer her for such an abortion, and does not accept funds or services knowingly from any entity which performs abortions or receives money for abortions.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 308, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
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