family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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Nearly one-third of the millennial women surveyed said that the eye-watering sums which come with fertility treatment, egg freezing, adoption, and surrogacy are what has kept them from family planning.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 May 2024
This may be a family planning clinic, an OB-GYN's office, a Planned Parenthood facility, or any other health center.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Apr. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 May 2024
This may be a family planning clinic, an OB-GYN's office, a Planned Parenthood facility, or any other health center.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for family planning
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“Family planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20planning. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through effective methods of birth control
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