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How did ancient prostitutes practice contraception?

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Short answer: with various contraceptives that were eventually lost or proscribed, and through abortion and infanticide. I was taught that Silphium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sil... was a widely used, wildly successful herbal abortifacient, used in the ancient world until it was made extinct by overharvesting. read more

The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent pregnancy. Planning and provision of birth control is called family planning. In some times and cultures, abortion had none of the stigma which it has today, making birth control less important; abortion was in practice a means of birth control. read more