Theodorus Priscianus (c.4th -5th century
AD)
It is never licit to give something that will cause an abortion. As
Hippocrates points out, it is not fitting that the innocent office of a doctor
be stained by complicity in such a serious offense. But if they attempt to avoid
the birth on account of either a defect in their womb or the difficulties
associated with their age, they greatly risk their lives to earn their health
just as one risks killing the tree by applying something to the branches or
boats which are tossed about by a storm must throw away their cargo.
-Euporiston III, VI, 23
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