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.
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Origin of family planning
First recorded in 1935–40
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Examples from the Web for family planning
Last year, Texas drastically cut its family-planning funding, the same way Mitt Romney says he would cut federal funding.
Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards: Romney Puts Women’s Lives at Risk|Cecile Richards|May 20, 2012|DAILY BEASTAn estimated 160,000 women lost their health care when Texas slashed its family-planning program last year.
Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards: Romney Puts Women’s Lives at Risk|Cecile Richards|May 20, 2012|DAILY BEASTA proposed state budget bill would effectively strip federal funding to the family-planning organization.
Ohio Republicans Move to Cut Funds to Planned Parenthood, Riling Democrats|Abigail Pesta|April 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for family planning
family planning
noun
the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by the use of contraceptivesSee also birth control
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Medicine definitions for family planning
family planning
n.
A program to regulate the number and spacing of children in a family through the practice of contraception or other methods of birth control.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Culture definitions for family planning
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.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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