Sorry, meant contraceptives, duh. Also, I’m aware that they did have mildly scientifically backed methods for preventing pregnancy, but pregnancies are a genuine concern for modern sex workers, right? Did just way more sex workers get pregnant way more often back then, or were there genuinely methods to make pregnancy avoidable enough to not have a kid once a year if you’re having sex that much?
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They had contraceptives. Roman medical books contain drawings of a plant (now extinct) that could be eaten as birth control. It was harvested to extinction. There are also natural spermicides. They’re not as good as the modern stuff, but they’re .. fine?
Abortion techniques are easy and common. The bible contains an abortion recipe. The methods for inducing abortion aren’t exactly difficult. They’re also not at all pleasant.
Oh, and plenty of people just killed the kids or left them in the woods to die. Life sucked.
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