The ruling on a woman using medications to delay pregnancy

Question:
This is a husband asking. He says: Some husbands, O Shaykh, delay their wives' pregnancy for the wife's benefit. What is the ruling on that? Also, what is the ruling on contraceptives such as the IUD, birth control pills, and others?

Answer:
It is permissible to take medications that delay pregnancy but do not terminate it. It is not permissible to take medications that terminate the pregnancy. Rather, it is permissible to take medications that delay pregnancy until she is able to bear, give birth, and breastfeed, if this is for a valid religious excuse. This is left to the doctors. Yes.