...difficulty and one not altogether free from doubt. The law makes the producing of a miscarriage a crime ' unless the same were done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life.' Undoubtedly the general rule is, where an act is made criminal, with exceptions embraced in the same...

...1901, as amended (DC Code, sec. 22-201). is amended to read as follows: 31 stat. 1322. "S»c. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...enactment of the following statute to be known &s sec. 202, title 22, DC Code:) § 22-202. Abortion. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...enactment of the following statute to be known aa sec. 202, title 22, DC Code:) § 22-202. Abortion. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec. 22-201), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec. 22-201), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec. 22-201), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...(1943). In his testimony at the trial petitioner stated that his i Sec. 22-201, DC Code Ann. • • • Whoever, by means of any Instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless...

...Code Ann.-§ 22-201. That Act provides in part: Opinion of the Court 402 US miscarriage on any woman, unless the same were done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or health and under the direction of a competent licensed practitioner of medicine, shall be imprisoned...

...where the issue was raised with respect to a District of Columbia statute making abortions criminal "unless the same were done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or health and under the direction of a competent licensed practitioner of medicine." That statute has...