Mills v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that it is unnecessary under the common law to allege, in an indictment for attempt to procure an abortion, that “the woman had become quick”
• declaring abortion throughout pregnancy a crime in Pennsylvania, with no exception for the pre-“quickening” period of gestation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
  Supreme Court· 2022-06-24· cited 482×
• Halderman's Petition
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1923-01-03· cited 73×
• Rosen v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
  E.D. Louisiana· 1970-08-07· cited 28×
• American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists, Pennsylvania Section v. Thornburgh
  Third Circuit· 1984-06-28· cited 27×
• Lamb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1887-06-23· cited 21×
• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists v. Thornburgh
  Third Circuit· 1984-05-31· cited 21×
• Ex Parte Bell
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1926-05-29· cited 17×
• Ex parte Givins
  N.D. Georgia· 1920-02-02· cited 9×
• Memphis Center for Reprod. Health v. Herbert Slatery, III
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-09-10· cited 5×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Orlando v. Ceraul
  Northampton County Court of Common Pleas· 1958-07-28· cited 1×
• Allegheny Reprod. Health v. PA DHS
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-29