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104  DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 

Opinion of the Court 
Appendix B to opinion of the Court 

ments whatever, with the intention to produce the mis-
carriage of any woman then being with child, and shall 
be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by impris-
onment  in  the  Territorial  prison  for  a  term  not  less 
than  two  years  nor  more  than  five  years.  Provided, 
That no physician shall be affected by the last clause of
this  section,  who  in  the  discharge  of  his  professional
duties deems it necessary to produce the miscarriage of 
any woman in order to save her life.”111 

6.  Arizona (1865):

Sec.  45.  “[E]very  person  who  shall  administer  or 
cause to be administered or taken, any medicinal sub-
stances,  or  shall  use  or  cause  to  be  used  any  instru-
ments whatever, with the intention to procure the mis-
carriage of any woman then being with child, and shall 
be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by impris-
onment  in  the  Territorial  prison  for  a  term  not  less 
than two years nor more than five years: Provided, that 
no physician shall be affected by the last clause of this 
section, who in the discharge of his professional duties, 
deems it necessary to  produce the miscarriage of any 
woman in order to save her life.”112 

7.  Wyoming (1869):

Sec.  25.  “[A]ny  person  who  shall  administer,  or 
cause  to  be  administered,  or  taken,  any  such  poison, 
substance  or  liquid,  or  who  shall  use,  or  cause  to  be 
used, any instrument of whatsoever kind, with the in-
tention to procure the miscarriage of any woman then 
being  with  child,  and  shall  thereof  be  duly  convicted, 
shall  be  imprisoned  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three 

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111 1864 Terr. of Mont. Laws p. 184.  Montana became a State in 1889.  

See Presidential Proclamation No. 7, 26 Stat. 1551–1552. 

112 Howell Code, ch. 10, §45 (1865).  Arizona became a State in 1912. 

See Presidential Proclamation of Feb. 14, 1912, 37 Stat. 1728–1729.