- A. Homicide is the killing of one human being by another.
- B. As used in this section, "human being" includes an unborn child, as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Homicide shall not include:
- 1. Acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts were committed during a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman consented; or
- 2. Acts which are committed pursuant to the usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment.
- D. Under no circumstances shall the mother of the unborn child be prosecuted for causing the death of the unborn child unless the mother has committed a crime that caused the death of the unborn child.
R.L. 1910, § 2308; Amended by Laws 2006, SB 1742, c. 185, § 1, eff. November 1, 2006 (superseded document available).