Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

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29		-	JOINT
30		-	RESOLUTION NO. 17 By: Bullard, Bergstrom, Dahm,
31		-	Allen, Merrick, and Jett of
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	29	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION
	30	+	March 2, 2022
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	33	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	34	+	FOR
	35	+	SENATE JOINT
	36	+	RESOLUTION NO. 17 By: Bullard, Bergstrom, and
	37	+	Dahm of the Senate
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36	41		Crosswhite Hader of the
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42	47		[ proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution -
43		-	rights of unborn persons - ballot title - ~~filing ]~~
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	48	+	rights of unborn persons - ballot title - directing
	49	+	filing ]
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48	53		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
49	54		2ND SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
50	55		SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people fo r
51	56		their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
52	57		the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Consti tution by
53	58		adding a new Section 2A to Article II to read as follows:
54	59		Section 2A. A. It being necessary for the liberty of free
55	60		persons, the rights of unborn persons shall be equal to the right s
56	61		of born persons. The State of Oklahoma finds that:
57	62		1. The life of each person begins at conception;
58		-	2. Unborn persons have protectable interest s in life, liberty,
59		-	the pursuit of happiness , and the enjoyment of the gains of their
60		-	own industry; and
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	90	+	2. Unborn persons have protectable interest s in life, liberty,
	91	+	the pursuit of happiness , and the enjoyment of the gains of their
	92	+	own industry; and
87	93		3. The natural parents of unborn persons have protectable
88	94		interests in the life, liberty , and the pursuit of happiness of
89	95		their unborn child.
90	96		B. As used in this section:
91	97		1. “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument,
92	98		medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to
93	99		terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an
94	100		intention other than to increase the probab ility of a live birth, to
95	101		preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove
96	102		an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as
97	103		the result of a spontaneous miscarriage, accidental traum a, or a
98	104		criminal assault on the pregn ant female or her unborn child ; and
99	105		2. “Unborn person” means the unborn offspring of human beings
100	106		from the moment of conceptio n, through pregnancy and until live
101	107		birth including the human conc eptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst,
102	108		embryo, and fetus.
103	109		C. 1. Consistent with Amendments V and XIV of the Un ited
104	110		States Constitution including but not limited to the Equal
105	111		Protection Clause of Amendment XIV of the United States Constitution
106	112		and the Due Process Clauses of Amendments V and XIV of the United
107	113		States Constitution, and pursuant to powers reserved to t his state
108		-	by Amendment X of the United States Constitution, the laws of this
109		-	state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of
110		-	the unborn person in utero, all the rights, privileges , and
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	141	+	by Amendment X of the United States Constitution, the laws of this
	142	+	state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of
	143	+	the unborn person in utero, all the rights, privileges , and
137	144		immunities available to other persons, citizen s, and residents of
138	145		this state, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States
139	146		and the Oklahoma Constitution .
140	147		2. Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects the right
141	148		to perform or receive an abortion, nor shall any provision of this
142	149		Constitution be construed to preclude, invalidate , or in any way
143	150		limit a statute that prohibits abortion, regulates abortion , or
144	151		regulates abortion differently from other acts or procedures .
145	152		D. 1. No person in this state shall perform an abortion of an
146	153		unborn person in utero except as provided in paragraph 2 of this
147	154		subsection.
148	155		2. The prohibition provided by paragraph 1 of this subsection
149	156		shall not apply to an abortion that is necessary to prevent the
150	157		death of a pregnant woman. The exception provided by this paragraph
151	158		shall not include an abortion performed solely on the basis of the
152	159		mental or emotional health of the pregnant woman.
153	160		E. Any person found guilty of performing an abortion in
154	161		violation of subsection D of this section shall, upon conviction, be
155	162		guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.
156	163		F. This section shall only apply to ab ortions performed in this
157	164		state. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect an
158		-	abortion performed out-of-state. No woman shall be involuntarily
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	192	+	abortion performed out-of-state. No woman shall be involuntarily
	193	+	tracked or monitored due to pregnancy or perceived pregnancy.
186	194		G. Nothing in this section shall be inte rpreted as creating a
187	195		cause of action against a woman for indirectly harming her unborn
188	196		child by failing to properly care for herself or by failing to
189	197		follow any particular program of prenatal care.
190	198		SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the prop osed Constitutional
191	199		amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
192	200		the following form:
193	201		BALLOT TITLE
194	202		Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
195	203		THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS :
196	204		This measure would add a new section to the Oklahoma
197	205		Constitution. It would add S ection 2A to Article 2. It states
198	206		that the rights of unborn persons are equal to those of born
199	207		persons and directs that the laws of this state be read as such.
200	208		This measure declares that life begins at conception and defines
201	209		an unborn person as the offspring of human beings from the
202	210		moment of conception. It also defines abortion as the use or
203	211		prescription of any substance or device intentionally to end the
204	212		pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant except to increase
205	213		the chance of live birth, to save the life or health of the
206	214		child after live birth, to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to
207	215		remove a dead unborn child who died as the resu lt of a natural
208		-	miscarriage, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the
209		-	pregnant female or her unborn child . This measure declares that
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	243	+	miscarriage, accidental traum a, or a criminal assault on the
	244	+	pregnant female or her unborn child . This measure declares that
236	245		unborn persons and their parents have certain protectable
237	246		interests. It states that nothing in the Oklahoma Constitution
238	247		secures or protects the right to perform or recei ve an abortion,
239	248		and that nothing in the Oklahoma Constitution prevents, undoes,
240	249		or limits any state law that prohibits or regulates abortion.
241	250		This measure prohibits the performance of abortion, except an
242	251		abortion necessary to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. It
243	252		classifies a violation of this prohibition as first degree
244	253		manslaughter. This measure prohibits the involuntary tracking
245	254		or monitoring of a woman due to pregnancy or perceived
246	255		pregnancy. It states that it does not create a cause o f action
247	256		against a pregnant woman.
248	257		SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
249	258		FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
250	259		AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
251	260		SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore o f the Senate shall,
252	261		immediately after the passage of thi s resolution, prepare and file
253	262		one copy thereof, including the Ballot T itle set forth in SECTION 2
254	263		hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
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289		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	265	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITT EE ON RULES
	266	+	March 2, 2022 - DO PASS AS AMENDED