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The Roman historian [[Tacitus]] noted his contemporary Jewish viewpoints towards abortion as regarding the act to constitute moral abhorrence.<ref name=jewishattitudes/> He wrote on the Jews:<ref>Tacitus, Cornelius (cir. 110 A.D.). [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/tacitus/tacitus-on-the-jews/ Tacitus on the Jews]. ''Livius.org''. Retrieved October 7, 2023.</ref>

The Roman historian [[Tacitus]] noted his contemporary Jewish viewpoints towards abortion as regarding the act to constitute moral abhorrence.<ref name=jewishattitudes/> He wrote on the Jews:<ref>Tacitus, Cornelius (cir. 110 A.D.). [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/tacitus/tacitus-on-the-jews/ Tacitus on the Jews]. ''Livius.org''. Retrieved October 7, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|Though a most lascivious people, the Jews avoid sexual intercourse with women of alien race. Among themselves nothing is barred. They have introduced the practice of circumcision to show that they are different from others. Proselytes to Jewry adopt the same practices, and the very first lesson they learn is to despise the gods, shed all feelings of patriotism, and consider parents, children and brothers as readily expendable. However, the Jews see to it that their numbers increase. It is a deadly sin to kill an unwanted child, and they think that eternal life is granted to those who die in battle or execution—hence their eagerness to have children, and their contempt for death.|||Tactius on the Jews, cir. 110 A.D.}}

{{cquote|Though a most lascivious people, the Jews avoid sexual intercourse with women of alien race. Among themselves nothing is barred. They have introduced the practice of circumcision to show that they are different from others. Proselytes to Jewry adopt the same practices, and the very first lesson they learn is to despise the gods, shed all feelings of patriotism, and consider parents, children and brothers as readily expendable. However, the Jews see to it that their numbers increase. '''It is a deadly sin to kill an unwanted child, and they think that eternal life is granted to those who die in battle or execution—hence their eagerness to have children, and their contempt for death.''' [emphasis added]|||Tactius on the Jews, cir. 110 A.D.}}

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