Juliana pursed her lips as her employer revealed more of the details to her, thereby making the problem a much more complicated one. "There are," she allowed with a frown, "But there's a reason they're not particularly well-known, or reputable. When I said they aren't particularly safe, I mean I think some are as likely to kill the mother as the child."

Not that Jules had ever done any research on this specifically, but she did a lot of reading, and particularly reading in scholarly journals. She followed one on healing to see whether anyone was trying new and innovative things to treat newly afflicted lycanthropy. There was an appetite in the community for a safe and effective way to both prevent and abort pregnancies, but the research simply didn't back it up, yet. There wasn't even a particularly reliable way to prevent common diseases that were transmitted through intercourse from being passed along to the babies.

"Mr. Lytton," she said after a moment. "These things aren't well enough understood for chemistry to have a solution, I don't think — but pregnancies, particularly in the early stages, are very fragile. A sudden blow to that area, such as from a fall down the stairs, or a bad flu, might be enough to... for the problem to take care of itself," she said delicately. "I believe if I were to find myself in such an unfortunate situation, that might be what I would do."