Commentary for Yevamot 138:14

ומה התם דלהאי איסורא ולהאי איסורא בתרא דידיה שדינן ליה הכא דלהאי איסורא ולהאי היתירא לא כל שכן

Said Raba: Whence do I infer this? From the statement, IF, HOWEVER, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD SHE MAY EAT. For how is this to be understood? If it be suggested to refer to a woman who is suspected of illicit relations with strangers, why should she be allowed to eat <i>terumah</i> when she bore a child!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is no proof that the priest was the child's father. ');">⁴⁹</span> Consequently it must refer to a woman<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'but no'. ');">⁵⁰</span> who was suspected of illicit relations with him only but not with strangers. Now, if there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In our Mishnah. ');">⁵¹</span> where she is forbidden to the one as well as to the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the violator and seducer as well as to any other man, for it is forbidden to have intercourse with a woman without betrothal. ');">⁵²</span>

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