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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 

Sec. 42.  “[E]very person who shall administer sub-
stance or liquid, or who shall use or cause to be used
any instrument, of whatsoever kind, with the intention 
to  procure  the  miscarriage  of  any  woman  then  being 
with child, and shall thereof be duly convicted, shall be 
imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years, and
fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; and 
if any woman, by reason of such treatment, shall die,
the person or persons administering, or causing to be
administered, such poison, substance or liquid, or us-
ing or causing to be used, any instrument, as aforesaid, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  manslaughter,  and  if  con-
victed, be punished accordingly.”109 

4.  Idaho (1864):

Sec.  42.  “[E]very  person  who  shall  administer  or 
cause to be administered, or taken, any medicinal sub-
stance,  or  shall  use  or  cause  to  be  used,  any  instru-
ments whatever, with the intention to procure the mis-
carriage of any woman then being with child, and shall 
be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by impris-
onment in the territorial prison for a term not less than
two years, nor more than five years: Provided, That no 
physician shall be effected by the last clause of this sec-
tion,  who  in  the  discharge  of  his  professional  duties,
deems it necessary to  produce the miscarriage of any 
woman in order to save her life.”110 

5.  Montana (1864):

Sec.  41.  “[E]very  person  who  shall  administer,  or 
cause to be administered, or taken, any medicinal sub-
stance,  or  shall  use,  or  cause  to  be  used,  any  instru- 

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109 1861  Terr.  of  Colo.  Gen.  Laws  pp.  296–297.    Colorado  became  a 

State in 1876.  See Presidential Proclamation No. 7, 19 Stat. 665–666. 

110 1863–1864  Terr.  of  Idaho  Laws  p.  443.    Idaho  became  a  State  in 

1890.  See 26 Stat. 215–219.