As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

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The final sentence of this paragraph contains at least two claims:

“Moreover, Hale and Blackstone (and many other authorities following them) asserted that even a pre-quickening abortion was ‘unlawful’ and that, as a result, an abortionist was guilty of murder if the woman died from the attempt.”

Claims:

• “Hale and Blackstone (and many other authorities following them) asserted that even a pre-quickening abortion was ‘unlawful’.”
• “Hale and Blackstone (and many other authorities following them) asserted that [because] even a pre-quickening abortion was ‘unlawful’ [. . .] an abortionist was guilty of murder if the woman died from the attempt.”

Disregarding the “many other authorities” portion of this sentence, both of these claims are true, as we have seen in our investigations of previous sentences. “Many” is a subjective word, though, and I haven’t looked into the other authorities, so I’m calling these claims undetermined:

• “Hale and Blackstone (and many other authorities following them) asserted that even a pre-quickening abortion was ‘unlawful’.”
• “Hale and Blackstone (and many other authorities following them) asserted that [because] even a pre-quickening abortion was ‘unlawful’ [. . .] an abortionist was guilty of murder if the woman died from the attempt.”