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Snyder Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 18, 1960No. Appeal, 258PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Barbara Ann Snyder, 19 years of age, living in Lancaster County, having reason to believe that she was in a state of pregnancy, consulted with a Dr. H. S. Berberian in Lancaster who prescribed pills and hypodermic injections for the purpose of accomplishing a miscarriage. The treatment failing to achieve its objective, he recommended the girl to a Dr. William H. Fisher in Beading, whose attempts to abort her brought on physical distress which sent her to the Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster. The prosecuting authorities of both Berks and Lancaster Counties…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Temple v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  2. In Re Adjudication of Contempt of MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Wells v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  4. Commonwealth v. BrickerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  5. Commonwealth v. SierakowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. CarreraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. KratsasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. DuvalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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