| 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. |

| 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 use of education and birth control to limit the number of offspring and the population of a country. (See population control and Margaret Sanger.)
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.