Footnote
b In the Hippocratic Oath one clause says: “Never will I give a deadly drug, not even if I am asked for one, nor will I give any advice tending in that direction.”
Another clause in the Hippocratic Oath reads: “I will not at any time give to a woman any drug or instrument for the purpose of causing abortion.”
See Dr. Immanuel Jacobovits’ book entitled “Jewish Medical Ethics,” published in 1959 (third printing 1967), pages 124, 172, 208-210.