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family planning

noun

the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
(loosely) birth control.

family planning

the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by the use of contraceptives See also birth control

family planning

The use of education and birth control to limit the number of offspring and the population of a country. ( See population control and Margaret Sanger .)

First recorded in 1935–40

If we were allowed to finish our educations, Rajkumari and I would have learned about family planning.

She explained that this is why employers should avoid questions related to family planning.

For every dollar invested in publicly funded family-planning programs, the government saves approximately $4.

In Texas, the grave consequences of the decimation of state family-planning funds in 2011 are already evident.

Ryan has voted repeatedly against funding international family-planning programs.

Second, nations with food deficits must put more of their resources into voluntary family planning programs.

The Family Planning program has been effective at reducing unwanted pregnancies among low-income women and adolescents.

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