2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-737.11. Civil damages action.

A. A cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 3 of this act may be maintained by:

1. Any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of Section 3 of this act; or

2. If the woman had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the dismemberment abortion or has died as a result of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child.

B. No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.

C. Damages awarded in such an action shall include:

1. Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the dismemberment abortion; and

2. Statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the dismemberment abortion.

Added by Laws 2015, c. 59, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

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