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108  DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 

Opinion of the Court 
Appendix B to opinion of the Court 

any medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or with like 
intent uses any instrument or means, unless when nec-
essary to preserve her life or health and under the di-
rection  of  a  competent  licensed  practitioner  of  medi-
cine, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years; 
or if the woman or her child dies in consequence of such 
act, by imprisonment for not less than three nor more
than twenty years.”119 

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119 §809, 31 Stat. 1322 (1901) (emphasis added).