HCS SB 139 - State-Funded Abortion Ban - Oklahoma Key Vote

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Title: State-Funded Abortion Ban

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that bans the use of public funds to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life.

Highlights:

-Requires physicians to submit annually the number of females that were provided with information regarding abortions and the number of emergency abortions performed to the State Department of Health (sec. 3). -Forbids the performing of abortions unless the pregnant woman can prove that she is not a minor, or in the case of a medical emergency (sec. 6). -Makes it a felony to knowingly perform an abortion on a minor without parental consent or to falsify documents to obtain an abortion for a minor (sec. 9) -Forbids the use of any public equipment or facilities in performing an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the mother’s life (sec. 11).

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