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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, especially for economic reasons.
2.
(loosely) birth control.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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World English Dictionary
| family planning | |
| —n | |
| See also birth control the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by the use of contraceptives | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Cultural Dictionary
family planning definition
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.)
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