How to Use birth control in a Sentence

birth control

noun
  • By some measures, there's no shortage of birth control.
    Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 17 July 2022
  • Nearly every woman will use birth control at some point in their life.
    Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
  • For birth control pills to work they must be taken every day, and often at the same time every day.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2022
  • Many teens, however, are not using the most effective methods of birth control.
    Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • Zamata attributes some of her own recent awakening to going off birth control for the first time since age 16.
    Amos Mac, Them, 9 Sep. 2024
  • One of her recent videos is about the boycotting of Walgreens over reports that the pharmacy was denying birth control to some customers.
    Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • This hormone treatment—which includes low-dose birth control pills, skin patches, gel or cream—can help manage the discomfort that comes with night sweats and hot flashes.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Already, state lawmakers are drafting a bill that could effectively ban nearly all abortions and some methods of birth control.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
  • Estrogen-containing birth control pills are also commonly prescribed as a way to work to lower testosterone levels.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Access to other forms of contraception like birth control pills and IUD devices was also out of the question.
    Heather Chen, CNN, 18 July 2022
  • Few community clinics have the amount of money needed to cover birth control each month, McCollum said.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Natural Cycles claims its product is 93 percent effective as birth control with typical use.
    Sarah Sloat, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
  • For instance, access to birth control pills remains very popular and most Americans aren’t on board with punishments for women who seek abortions or doctors who perform them.
    Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 12 July 2022
  • Senate leadership said the bill will not impact birth control, fertility treatments or treatment of miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2022
  • This included starting or switching birth control, getting a sterilization procedure, or purchasing emergency pills to have on hand.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The right to birth control could very well be the next target.
    Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • What would be the safest way for someone my age to get birth control?
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Included was The Pill in 1975, one of the first songs to discuss birth control.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The mother called and asked if her daughter should go on birth control.
    Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Here's a brief overview of male birth control through the centuries.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
  • Bill Baird, the ‘father’ of birth control, on the religious right and Supreme Court.
    Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • That said though, it shouldn’t be used as daily birth control.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Read More Once the over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage?
    Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Cramping is the main birth control side effect for IUD users.
    Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Much of the change was attributed to wider knowledge of long-lasting birth control, like the IUD.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 1 June 2023
  • About 10 weeks ago, the birth control failed between the woman and her partner.
    Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The right to access birth control was enshrined in a 1965 Supreme Court ruling.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 June 2024
  • The same is true for people who have just come off of hormonal birth control.
    Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Chan said birth control can be a good option for some, but not all, of her PCOS patients.
    Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, there are other forms of male birth control in the pipeline.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024

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