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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 

the state prison, not more than ten years, nor less than
five  years;  and  if  the  woman  does  not  die  in  conse-
quence thereof, such offenders shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor; and shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison not exceeding three years, nor
less  than  one  year,  and  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  two
hundred dollars.”78 

11.  Virginia (1848):

Sec. 9.  “Any free person who shall administer to any 
pregnant  woman,  any  medicine,  drug  or  substance 
whatever,  or  use  or  employ  any  instrument  or  other 
means  with  intent  thereby  to  destroy  the  child  with
which  such  woman  may  be  pregnant,  or  to  produce
abortion or miscarriage, and shall thereby destroy such
child, or produce such abortion or miscarriage, unless
the  same  shall  have  been  done  to  preserve  the  life  of
such woman, shall be punished, if the death of a quick 
child be thereby produced, by confinement in the peni-
tentiary, for not less than one nor more than five years, 
or  if  the  death  of  a  child,  not  quick,  be  thereby  pro-
duced, by confinement in the jail for not less than one 
nor more than twelve months.”79 

12.  New Hampshire (1849):

Sec. 1.  “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 means whatever with intent 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 advised by two physi-
cians to be necessary for that purpose, shall, upon con-
viction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail 

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78 1846 Vt. Acts & Resolves pp. 34–35 (emphasis added). 
79 1848 Va. Acts p. 96 (emphasis added).