Legal Opinion
IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 406, STATE QUESTION 782
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 22, 2016No. 114,704,PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
2Per curiam
{1 Protestants challenge the legal sufficiency of Initiative Petition 406 which proposes to amend the Oklahoma Constitution by adding the following section to Article II:
A. -As used in this section:
1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device to intentionally kill an unborn human being;
2. "Unborn human being" means the offspring of human beings from the moment of conception until either live birth or death, including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo and fetus, whether conceived and/or…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 349, State Question No. 642Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
4Cited by2 opinions
- Fernandez v. State ex rel. Department of Public SafetyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2016
- IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 406, STATE QUESTION 782Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2016