The Wrongful Life Act

If this bill passes, it will put in place a new health care law in Oklahoma called the Wrongful Life Act that stops healthcare professionals from giving certain services to minors.

• Minors: people under 18 years old

This bill:

• Makes it so parents or guardians can’t give permission for certain treatments for minors either.

• Allows people to go to court if someone breaks the rules of this law.

• explains exactly who is allowed to take someone to court if the law is broken.

• Assumes certain things about a person's ability to have children naturally, like how old they have to be, but this assumption can be challenged with evidence.

• Allows a court case to be stopped before a trial happens in some situations.

• Lets people receive money or other help If they win a court case under this law.

  • If they win, the other side might have to pay the legal costs.

• Includes what actions break the law, punishments, and fixes.

If this bill passes:

• Doctors and and other people working in healthcare can’t perform gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty blockers on anyone under 18 unless it's medically needed.

  • Hormone therapy: giving hormones to individuals to induce physical characteristics aligning with their gender identity.

  • Puberty blockers: medications that hold off puberty by blocking the release of hormones that cause developmental changes.

• People can sue if they've been hurt by not being able to get medical treatments.

• Minors can sue with help from a parent or guardian, or on their own once they’re adults.

• People can sue their parents or guardians who agreed to treatments that hurt them when they were a kid.

• Parents or guardians who break the rules may get in trouble for child abuse if it has serious effects on the child over a long period of time.