Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 83:27

אלא סתם מעוברת למניקה קיימא

— If according to him who said, 'With an absorbent',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a woman during pregnancy may use an absorbent to prevent a second conception. V. supra 12b. ');">⁴⁴</span> she uses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'with'. ');">⁴⁵</span> an absorbent; and if according to him who said, 'Mercy will be shewn from heaven',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No artificial means of contraception may be used. The woman must have implicit confidence in divine protection. ');">⁴⁶</span> mercy will be shewn from heaven. Here also<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A divorced woman or a widow. ');">⁴⁷</span> [it could be argued]: If according to him who said, 'With an absorbent', she uses an absorbent; if according to him who said, 'Mercy will be shewn from heaven', mercy will be shewn from heaven! — [The prohibition]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry an expectant mother. ');">⁴⁸</span> is due, rather, to [the danger of abdominal] pressure.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which may cause the death of the foetus. ');">⁴⁹</span> If so, [this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason why no expectant mother may be married. ');">⁵⁰</span> applies in the case] of one's own wife also!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During pregnancy. V. supra note 7. ');">⁵¹</span> — A man has consideration for his own.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And takes every possible precaution to-avert danger. ');">⁵²</span> Here also<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With a divorced woman or a widow. ');">⁵³</span> one would have consideration for the child!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A man would surely take care not to destroy any life. ');">⁵⁴</span> — [The reason is]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason why no expectant mother may be married. ');">⁵⁵</span> rather because a pregnant woman is usually expected to breast-feed her child [and were she to marry during pregnancy] she

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