family planning

noun

: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control

Examples of family planning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in an effort to factor out that possibility, the researchers divided the 26 countries into two groups: In the first were countries that received the highest amount per person of U.S. family planning aid. —Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025

For 35 years, until 2015, the country's rising middle class and its urban elite were subject to family planning limitations. —Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025

The funds will go towards annual exams, cancer screenings, birth control and other family planning services. —Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025

That move essentially disqualified hundreds of family planning clinics from receiving funding under the program. —Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

family planning

noun

: planning that is intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children by using effective methods of birth control

Medical Definition

family planning

noun

-ˈplan-iŋ 

: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through effective methods of birth control