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

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Opinion of the Court 
Appendix B to opinion of the Court 

guilty of manslaughter, and shall be punished accord-
ingly.”117 

13.  New Mexico (1919):

Sec.  1.  “Any  person  who  shall  administer  to  any 
pregnant  woman  any  medicine,  drug  or  substance 
whatever, or attempt by operation or any other method 
or means to produce an abortion or miscarriage upon 
such woman, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not more than two thou-
sand  ($2,000.00)  Dollars,  nor  less  than  five  hundred 
($500.00) Dollars, or imprisoned in the penitentiary for 
a period of not less than one nor more than five years,
or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion 
of the court trying the case.” 

Sec. 2.  “Any person committing such act or acts men-
tioned  in  section  one  hereof  which  shall  culminate  in 
the death of the woman shall be deemed guilty of mur-
der in the second degree; Provided, however, an abor-
tion may be produced when two physicians licensed to 
practice  in  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  in  consultation, 
deem it necessary to preserve the life of the woman, or
to prevent serious and permanent bodily injury.” 

Sec. 3.  “For the purpose of the act, the term “preg-
nancy” is defined as that condition of a woman from the 
date of conception to the birth of her child.”118 

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District of Columbia (1901): 

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Sec. 809.  “Whoever, with intent to procure the mis-
carriage of any woman, prescribes or administers to her 

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117 1899  Alaska  Sess.  Laws  ch.  2,  p.  3  (emphasis  added).    Alaska  be-
came a State in 1959.  See Presidential Proclamation No. 3269, 73 Stat. 
c16. 

118 N. M. Laws p. 6 (emphasis added).  New Mexico became a State in 
1912.  See Presidential Proclamation of Jan. 6, 1912, 37 Stat. 1723–1724.