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blog 33

blog subject:

What are the beliefs and traditions concerning pregnancy among your people group?

 

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resource questions for blog research:

pregnancy

Who performs abortion?
For what reasons is abortion justified?
How is abortion practiced?
What is the attitude towards abortion?
May a pregnant woman continue to have sex relations? What about a nursing woman or a menstruating woman?
What may a pregnant woman do or not do?
When does the soul take possession of the body of the newly conceived child? (at conception? At the first movement of the child? At birth? At some special ceremony?)
Can the soul of the deceased be born another time?
What is conceived – the soul or the body?
Can a woman prevent pregnancy? What types of contraceptives (medical, traditional and spiritual) does she use?
What type of “spiritual” receptivity does a woman need to become pregnant?
What are the beliefs concerning how a woman becomes pregnant?