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family planning
noun
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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Efforts to expand access to family planning services continue.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
According to The Times report, Gates is concerned about former President Donald Trump’s economic policies and potential cuts to family planning and global health programs.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services is heading to court to defend its decision to strip Tennessee of federal family planning funding.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Before the rule, Title X funds helped support roughly 4,000 clinics across the country that offered family planning services to 3.9 million low-income or uninsured Americans, according to health policy research nonprofit KFF.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
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“Family planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20planning. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through effective methods of birth control
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