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90  DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 

Opinion of the Court 
Appendix A to opinion of the Court 

miscarriage or abortion of any woman, shall give or ad-
minister to her, prescribe for her, or advise, or direct,
or cause or procure her to take, any medicine, drug or 
substance whatever, or use or advise the use of any in-
strument,  or  other  means  whatever,  with  the  like  in-
tent, unless the same shall have been necessary to pre-
serve  the  life  of  such  woman,  or  of  her  unborn  child, 
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon due convic-
tion thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
Connecticut  state  prison,  not  more  than  five  years  or
less than one year, or by a fine of one thousand dollars,
or both, at the discretion of the court.”88 

21.  Pennsylvania (1860):

Sec. 87.  “If any person shall unlawfully administer 
to  any  woman,  pregnant  or  quick  with  child,  or  sup-
posed and believed to be pregnant or quick with child, 
any  drug,  poison,  or  other  substance  whatsoever,  or 
shall  unlawfully  use  any  instrument  or  other  means 
whatsoever, with the intent to procure the miscarriage
of  such  woman,  and  such  woman,  or  any  child  with 
which she may be quick, shall die in consequence of ei-
ther of said unlawful acts, the person so offending shall 
be guilty of felony, and shall be sentenced to pay a fine 
not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to undergo an 
imprisonment, by separate or solitary confinement at 
labor, not exceeding seven years.” 

Sec.  88.  “If  any  person,  with  intent  to  procure  the 
miscarriage of any woman, shall unlawfully administer 
to  her  any  poison,  drug  or  substance  whatsoever,  or 
shall  unlawfully  use  any  instrument,  or  other  means 
whatsoever, with the like intent, such person shall be
guilty  of  felony,  and  being  thereof  convicted,  shall  be 
sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dol- 

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88 1860 Conn. Pub. Acts p. 65 (emphasis added).