family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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In speaking with a lot of fellow women on tour about fertility, some equate fertility preservation or family planning as yet another sacrifice for the sport, like missing a birthday or being on the road 40+ weeks per year.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 June 2024
Located at 354 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead Medical offers services of examination, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing wellness in the areas of general health, as well as OBGYN and family planning.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2024
After decades of strict family planning, more workers are now exiting the labor market than entering it.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
The green revolution soon improved food security, and a mixture of economic development and access to education and family planning brought down birth rates in much of the world.
—Mara Hvistendahl, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2016
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 June 2024
Located at 354 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead Medical offers services of examination, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing wellness in the areas of general health, as well as OBGYN and family planning.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2024
After decades of strict family planning, more workers are now exiting the labor market than entering it.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
The green revolution soon improved food security, and a mixture of economic development and access to education and family planning brought down birth rates in much of the world.
—Mara Hvistendahl, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2016
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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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