Opinion of the Court
guilty of manslaughter, and shall be punished accordingly.[1]
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 conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than two thousand ($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 mentioned in section one hereof which shall culminate in the death of the woman shall be deemed guilty of murder in the second degree; Provided, however, an abortion 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 "pregnancy" is defined as that condition of a woman from the date of conception to the birth of her child."[2]
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District of Columbia (1901):
Sec. 809. "Whoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, prescribes or administers to her
