Does divorce occur if the wife agrees to take birth control pills, after her husband told her: "If you take birth control pills, the word 'divorced' will apply to you," and then she convinced him that they have no side effects?
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Your statement to your wife: "The word of divorce will follow you" is merely a promise of divorce, and divorce does not occur by it. Therefore, there is no sin upon you in agreeing with your wife to take birth control pills.
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