How to Use birth control in a Sentence

birth control

noun
  • The right to birth control could very well be the next target.
    Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • This has been enough birth control to last me at least 10 years.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Smith said it can be put in the context of birth control pills.
    Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2021
  • What would be the safest way for someone my age to get birth control?
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Included was The Pill in 1975, one of the first songs to discuss birth control.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The mother called and asked if her daughter should go on birth control.
    Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Here's a brief overview of male birth control through the centuries.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
  • The news came as a shock because Fiona's father died in 2017, and Bibi has been on birth control.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Bill Baird, the ‘father’ of birth control, on the religious right and Supreme Court.
    Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • That said though, it shouldn’t be used as daily birth control.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Read More Once the over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage?
    Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Cramping is the main birth control side effect for IUD users.
    Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Much of the change was attributed to wider knowledge of long-lasting birth control, like the IUD.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 1 June 2023
  • About 10 weeks ago, the birth control failed between the woman and her partner.
    Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t forget that in the trials, women had to be on birth control.
    Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The right to access birth control was enshrined in a 1965 Supreme Court ruling.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 June 2024
  • The defense attorney asked if the girl was on birth control.
    Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The same is true for people who have just come off of hormonal birth control.
    Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Chan said birth control can be a good option for some, but not all, of her PCOS patients.
    Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The low risk procedure is widely known as a form of male birth control.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The previous year, the court sanctioned birth control for the unwed.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
  • This is pretty game changing, kind of like birth control for HIV.
    Charli Penn, Essence, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Meanwhile, there are other forms of male birth control in the pipeline.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • How Puerto Rican women were used to test the birth control pill.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The invention of the birth control pill, and women are crying out for it on this planet.
    Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The park announced in 2019 that April would be placed on birth control and retired from the park's breeding program.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2021
  • And for you, the experience will serve as birth control.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The model may work for certain kinds of care, Mehrotra said, such as birth control.
    Kff Health News, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Especially with obesity medicine, there is so much more to discuss than with hair loss, birth control, erectile dysfunction, or even high blood pressure.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The funds will go towards annual exams, cancer screenings, birth control and other family planning services.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025

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