Bill > SB1912

This bill, known as the "Wrongful Life Act," prohibits physicians and other healthcare professionals from providing gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs to individuals under 18 years old, with an exception for medically necessary puberty-blocking drugs, though gender transition itself is explicitly excluded from being considered medically necessary. It also prohibits parents or legal guardians from consenting to these treatments for minors. The act allows individuals who undergo these procedures before turning 18 and subsequently lose the ability to experience childbirth, impregnate, or breastfeed to file civil lawsuits against the healthcare providers or, in some cases, the consenting parents or guardians. These lawsuits can be filed at any time, with a rebuttable presumption that the individual would have retained these natural reproductive functions without the treatments, and if this presumption is overcome, the case will be dismissed. Successful plaintiffs can recover compensatory and punitive damages, court costs, and attorney fees, and parents or guardians found to have violated the act may face child abuse charges. The provisions of this act are in addition to existing laws and do not replace them, and it takes effect on November 1, 2026.

Health and Social Services

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb1912&Session=2600