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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 

4.  Ohio (1834):

Sec.  1.  “Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of
State of Ohio, That any physician, or other person, who
shall wilfully administer to any pregnant woman any
medicine, drug, substance, or thing whatever, or shall 
use any instrument or other means whatever, with in-
tent  thereby  to  procure  the  miscarriage  of  any  such 
woman, unless the same shall have been necessary to
preserve the life of such woman, or shall have been ad-
vised  by  two  physicians  to  be  necessary  for  that  pur-
pose, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprison-
ment in the county jail not more than one year, or by 
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.” 

Sec.  2.  “That  any  physician,  or  other  person,  who
shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick 
child,  any  medicine,  drug,  or  substance  whatever,  or 
shall  use  or  employ  any  instrument,  or  other  means, 
with  intent  thereby  to  destroy  such  child,  unless  the 
same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of
such mother, or shall have been advised by two physi-
cians to be necessary for such purpose, shall, in case of
the  death  of  such  child  or  mother  in  consequence 
thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  high  misdemeanor,  and, 
upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the pen-
itentiary not more than seven years, nor less than one 
year.”72 

5.  Indiana (1835):

Sec. 3.  “That every person who shall wilfully admin-
ister to any pregnant woman, any medicine, drug, sub-
stance  or  thing  whatever,  or  shall  use  or  employ  any 
instrument  or  other  means  whatever,  with  intent 

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(1828) (emphasis added); 1829 N. Y. Laws p. 19 (codifying these provi-
sions in the revised statutes). 

72 1834 Ohio Laws pp. 20–21 (emphasis deleted and added).