I. Those acknowledging the crime only after quickening has occurred:—

Connecticut,

Mississippi,

Arkansas,

Minnesota,

Oregon.

II. Those acknowledging the crime throughout pregnancy, but supposing its

guilt to vary with the period to which this has advanced:—

Maine,

New Hampshire,

New York,

Ohio,

Michigan.[175]

III. Those acknowledging the crime throughout pregnancy, unmitigated; but

still requiring proof of the existence of this state:—

Vermont,

Massachusetts,

Illinois,

Wisconsin,

Virginia,

Missouri,

Alabama,

Louisiana,

Texas,

California.[176]

IV. That, like the present English statute, requiring no such proof, and

punishing also the attempt, even though pregnancy do not exist:—

Indiana.

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