family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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And Melissa Holly Mahoney at the Institute for Women’s Policy research just published a major study on the economics consequences of restricting access to family planning resources.
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Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In states where tensions have long boiled over reproductive rights, family planning experts say women face mounting barriers to getting birth control.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
His death coincided with new legal investigations into human rights abuses, including allegations that his administration forced thousands of Indigenous Peruvian women to be sterilized and reportedly disguised this campaign as a family planning initiative.
—Ñusta Carranza Ko, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Later, he was recruited by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity — an outgrowth of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty — to open family planning clinics around the country, which gave him his first exposure to the vitriolic politics around reproductive rights.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
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Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In states where tensions have long boiled over reproductive rights, family planning experts say women face mounting barriers to getting birth control.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
His death coincided with new legal investigations into human rights abuses, including allegations that his administration forced thousands of Indigenous Peruvian women to be sterilized and reportedly disguised this campaign as a family planning initiative.
—Ñusta Carranza Ko, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Later, he was recruited by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity — an outgrowth of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty — to open family planning clinics around the country, which gave him his first exposure to the vitriolic politics around reproductive rights.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
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family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through effective methods of birth control
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