family planning

noun

1. the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.

2. (loosely) birth control.

family planning

noun

1. 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

1. 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.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of family planning¹

First recorded in 1935–40