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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 

or employ any instrument or other means whatever, or 
advise  or  procure  the  same  to  be  used,  with  intent 
thereby to procure the miscarriage of any such woman, 
shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in
a  county  jail,  not  more  than  one  year  nor  less  than
three  months,  or  by  fine,  not  exceeding  five  hundred
dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the dis-
cretion of the court.” 

19.  Kansas (1859):

Sec. 10.  “Every person who shall administer to any 
woman,  pregnant  with  a  quick  child,  any  medicine,
drug or substance whatsoever, 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  a  physician  to  be  necessary  for 
that purpose, shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter
in the second degree.” 

Sec. 37.  “Every physician or other person who shall 
wilfully administer to any pregnant woman any medi-
cine, drug or substance whatsoever, or shall use or em-
ploy any instrument or means whatsoever, with intent 
thereby to procure abortion or the miscarriage of any 
such  woman,  unless  the  same  shall  have  been  neces-
sary to preserve the life of such woman, or shall have 
been  advised  by  a  physician  to  be  necessary  for  that 
purpose, shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a 
misdemeanor,  and  punished  by  imprisonment  in  a
county  jail  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  fine  not  ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.”87 

20.  Connecticut (1860):

Sec. 1.  “That any person with intent to procure the 

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87 1859 Kan. Laws pp. 233, 237 (emphasis added).