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Cite as:  597 U. S. ____ (2022) 

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Opinion of the Court 
Appendix A to opinion of the Court 

instrument or means whatever with intent thereby to
procure  the  miscarriage  of  such  woman,  unless  the 
same  shall  be  necessary  to  preserve  her  life,  or  shall 
have been advised by a respectable physician to be nec-
essary for that purpose, shall upon conviction, be pun-
ished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  and 
by imprisonment in the county jail, not less than three, 
and not exceeding six months.”75 

8.  Massachusetts (1845):

Ch. 27.  “Whoever, maliciously or without lawful jus-
tification, with  intent to cause and procure the miscar-
riage  of  a  woman  then  pregnant  with  child,  shall  ad-
minister to her, prescribe for her, or advise or direct her 
to take or swallow, any poison, drug, medicine or nox-
ious thing, or shall cause or procure her with like in-
tent, to take or swallow any poison, drug, medicine or
noxious  thing;  and  whoever  maliciously  and  without 
lawful justification, shall use any instrument or means
whatever with the like intent, and every person, with 
the like intent, knowingly aiding and assisting such of-
fender or offenders, shall be deemed guilty of felony, if
the woman die in consequence thereof, and shall be im-
prisoned not more than twenty years, nor less than five 
years in the State Prison; and if the woman doth not 
die  in  consequence  thereof,  such  offender  shall  be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by im-
prisonment  not  exceeding  seven  years,  nor  less  than 
one year, in the state prison or house of correction, or 
common jail, and by fine not exceeding two thousand
dollars.”76 

9.  Michigan (1846):

Sec. 33.  “Every person who shall administer to any 

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75 1841 Ala. Acts p. 143 (emphasis added). 
76 1845 Mass. Acts p. 406 (emphasis added).