- A. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who willfully kills an unborn child, as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of Section 715 of this title.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
- 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.
- C. 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, § 2324; Amended by Laws, HB 1686, c. 200, § 3, emerg. eff. May 20, 2005 (superseded document available).