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family planning

–noun

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

2.	(loosely) birth control.

[Origin: 1935–40

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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.

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family planning
noun
limiting the number of children born [syn: birth control]

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family planning

controlling or limiting the number of children that people have especially by using a means of contraception
Example: a family planning clinic

Arabic:	تَنْظيم العائِلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	计划生育
Chinese (Traditional):	計劃生育
Czech:	plánované rodičovství
Danish:	familieplanlægning
Dutch:	geboortenregeling
Estonian:	pereplaneerimine
Finnish:	perhesuunnittelu
French:	limitation des naissances
German:	die Familienplanung
Greek:	οικογενειακός προγραμματισμός
Hungarian:	családtervezés
Icelandic:	stjórn, *takmörkun á fæðingum
Indonesian:	berencana
Italian:	controllo delle nascite*

Japanese:	家族計画
Latvian:	ģimenes plānošana
Lithuanian:	gimstamumo reguliavimas
Norwegian:	barnebegrensing, familieplanlegging
Polish:	planowanie rodziny
Portuguese (Brazil):	planejamento familiar
Portuguese (Portugal):	planeamento familiar
Romanian:	planning familial
Russian:	контроль над рождаемостью
Slovak:	plánované rodičovstvo
Slovenian:	načrtovanje družine
Spanish:	planificación familiar
Swedish:	familjeplanering
Turkish:	aile planlaması

See also: family, family tree, "family planning" in any language

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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.)

[Chapter:] World Politics

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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.

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