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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE JOINT
33	33	RESOLUTION 1044 By: Munson
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40	40	AS INTRODUCED
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42	42	A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
43	43	to refer to the people for their approval or
44	44	rejection a proposed amendment to the Constitutio n of
45	45	the State of Oklahoma by adding a new Article to be
46	46	designated as Article XXXI; defining terms; providing
47	47	for right to reproductive freedom ; providing for
48	48	severability; providing ballot tit le; and directing
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54	54	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
55	55	1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
56	56	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
57	57	their approval or rejec tion, as and in the manner provided by l aw,
58	58	the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution which
59	59	would add a new article to be designated as Article XXXI:
60	60	Section 1. As used in this article :
61	61	1. A state interest is "compelling" only if it is for the
62	62	limited purpose of protecting the health of an individual seeking
63	63	care, consistent with accepted clinical standards of practice and
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90	90	evidence-based medicine, and does not infringe on that individual 's
91	91	autonomous decision making;
92	92	2. "Fetal viability" means the point in pregnancy where, in the
93	93	professional judgment of an attending health care professional and
94	94	based on the particular facts of the case, there is a significant
95	95	likelihood of the fetus 's sustained survival outside the uterus
96	96	without the application of extraordinary medical mea sures;
97	97	3. "Health care professional" means any medical staff and
98	98	physicians who provide reproductive health care and are licensed to
99	99	perform reproductive hea lth care services; and
100	100	4. "Individual" means anyone sixteen (16) years of age and
101	101	above, the age of consent in Oklahoma, or if under the age of
102	102	consent, the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian.
103	103	Section 2. Right to Reproductive Freedom .
104	104	A. Every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive
105	105	freedom, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisions
106	106	about all matters relating to pregnan cy, including, but not limited
107	107	to, prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception,
108	108	sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and
109	109	infertility care. An individual's right to reproductive freedom
110	110	shall not be denied, burdened , nor infringed upon unless justified
111	111	by a "compelling" state interest achieved by the least restrictive
112	112	means. Notwithstanding the above, in no circumstance shall the
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140	140	attending health care professional, is medically indicated to
141	141	protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant
142	142	individual.
143	143	B. The state shall not discriminate in the protec tion or
144	144	enforcement of this fundamental right.
145	145	C. The state shall not penalize, prosecute, or ot herwise take
146	146	adverse action against an individual based upon his or her actual,
147	147	potential, perceived , or alleged pregnancy outcomes, including , but
148	148	not limited to, miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortio n, nor shall the
149	149	state penalize, prosecute, or otherwise take adverse action ag ainst
150	150	someone aiding or assisting a pregnant individual in exercising his
151	151	or her right to reproductive freedom with their voluntary consent.
152	152	The state shall not penalize, prose cute, or otherwise take adverse
153	153	action against any health care professional providing reproductive
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155	155	Section 3. Severability.
156	156	This article shall be self-executing. The provisions of this
157	157	article are severable, and if any p art or provision hereof shall be
158	158	void, invalid, or unconstitutional, t he decision of the court so
159	159	holding shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or
160	160	provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions here of shall
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188	188	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
189	189	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
190	190	the following form:
191	191	BALLOT TITLE
192	192	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ___ _
193	193	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS F OLLOWS:
194	194	This proposed constitutional amendment would a dd Article 31 and
195	195	establish a new individual right to reproductive freedom,
196	196	including the right to make and carry out all decisions about
197	197	pregnancy, such as prena tal care, childbirth, pos tpartum care,
198	198	contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage manage ment,
199	199	and infertility; allow the state to regulate abortion after
200	200	viability, but not prohibit it if medically needed to protect a
201	201	patient's life or physical or me ntal health; forbid state
202	202	discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit
203	203	prosecution of an individual, or person helping a pregnant
204	204	individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment;
205	205	and invalidate state laws conflicting with this amen dment.
206	206	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
207	207	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
208	208	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
209	209	SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of R epresentatives,
210	210	immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and
211	211	file one copy thereof, includ ing the Ballot Title set forth in
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238	238	SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the
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