Criminal abortionLittle, Brown, 1868 - 215 pages |
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... induced in utter ignorance of the commission of wrong ; in the belief that the contents of the womb , so long as manifest- ing no perceptible sign of life , were but lifeless and inert matter : in other words , that , being , previously ...
... induced in utter ignorance of the commission of wrong ; in the belief that the contents of the womb , so long as manifest- ing no perceptible sign of life , were but lifeless and inert matter : in other words , that , being , previously ...
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... induction , its com- mencement at the very beginning , at conception itself , we are compelled to believe unjustifiable abortion always a crime.3 And now words fail . Of the mother , by consent or by her own hand , imbrued with her ...
... induction , its com- mencement at the very beginning , at conception itself , we are compelled to believe unjustifiable abortion always a crime.3 And now words fail . Of the mother , by consent or by her own hand , imbrued with her ...
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... induction , the several factors of which , each of itself rendering probable the conclu- sion , tend , when combined , to make it almost absolutely certain . We are to consider , in this connection , the evidence afforded by- 1. The ...
... induction , the several factors of which , each of itself rendering probable the conclu- sion , tend , when combined , to make it almost absolutely certain . We are to consider , in this connection , the evidence afforded by- 1. The ...
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... induction , setting aside all probable cases of infanticide , of abortion , — and the compar- ative increase of a ... induced by criminal causes , may year by year be supposed to have been steadily diminished . We have seen , that in ...
... induction , setting aside all probable cases of infanticide , of abortion , — and the compar- ative increase of a ... induced by criminal causes , may year by year be supposed to have been steadily diminished . We have seen , that in ...
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... induced abortion , it is , in propor- tion to the cases of its later occurrence , or of confirmed and chronic ill - health resulting from the act , comparatively rare . 1 Reports of Attorney - General of Massachusetts , from 1849 to ...
... induced abortion , it is , in propor- tion to the cases of its later occurrence , or of confirmed and chronic ill - health resulting from the act , comparatively rare . 1 Reports of Attorney - General of Massachusetts , from 1849 to ...
Common terms and phrases
accessory administered alleged American American Medical Association Ann West big and pregnant born Boston cause and procure common law Commonwealth conviction county aforesaid Cox C. C. craniotomy criminal abortion decrease defendant disease drugs Elizabeth Lutz ergot evidence existence fact felo de se feloniously fœtal foetus force and arms France frequently guilty Henson as aforesaid increase indictment induced infanticide instances instrument intent to procure justifiable lawful justification living male child malice aforethought maliciously Massachusetts matter means medicine months moral mother murder natural noxious thing number of births Obstetric occurring offence opinion ovum patient person physician population pregnancy pregnant with child premature births premature labor prisoner procure abortion procure miscarriage procure the miscarriage profession proportion proved Prussia punishment quick with child ratio Regina reported Sarah Henson savin statistics statute still-births supposed taken tion unlawfully uterine utero uterus wickedly wilfully woman womb women
Popular passages
Page 157 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her, or cause to be taken by her, any poison or other noxious thine, or shall unlawfully use auy instrument, or other means whatsoever, with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 156 - ... and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years...
Page 178 - ... any place, house, shop, or office, where any poison, drug, mixture, preparation, medicine, or noxious thing, or any instrument or means whatever, or any advice, direction, information, or knowledge, may be obtained for the purpose of...
Page 75 - It is not confined to ill-will towards one or more individual persons, but is intended to denote an action flowing from any wicked and corrupt motive, a thing done malo animo, where the fact has been attended with such circumstances as carry in them the plain indications of a heart regardless of social duty, and fatally bent on mischief.
Page 196 - ... where the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death the subject of the dying declarations (2).
Page 151 - Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, 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...
Page 171 - Where a statute makes two or more distinct acts, connected with the same transaction, indictable, each one of which may be considered as representing a stage in the same offense, it has in many cases been ruled, they may be coupled in one count.
Page 126 - The third reason of the frightful extent of this crime is found in the grave defects of our laws, both common and statute, as regards the independent and actual existence of the child before birth, as a living being. These errors, which are sufficient in most instances to prevent conviction, are based, and only based, upon mistaken and exploded medical dogmas. With strange inconsistency, the law fully acknowledges the foetus in utero and its inherent rights, for civil purposes ; while personally...
Page 154 - ... with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman not being, or not being proved to be, then quick with child...
Page 147 - ... against or beside the original intention of the party, it will be murder. But if such mischievous intention doth not appear, which is matter of fact, and to be collected from circumstances, and the act was done heedlessly...