How to Use contraception in a Sentence

contraception

noun
  • In the area of contraception, the two jurists have not been far apart.
    Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
  • That text does not include a mention to the right to contraception.
    Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The bill would protect the right to contraception, which was first recognized by the Supreme Court in 1965.
    Sara Edwards, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • Birth control pills are a type of contraception with hormones that block the release of eggs from the ovaries.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2023
  • The one thing Ramses does want to clear up is contraception.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In 2009, the CIC launched a contraception program for cows, rather than shipping them off the island.
    Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Young voted against the contraception bill last week while Braun did not vote.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
  • The fact that emergency contraception is available over the counter ought to be good.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Women are able to get the emergency contraception over the counter.
    CBS News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Many of these patients get their care in the trans health clinic and so already have an IUD for contraception.
    Julia Belluz, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Page is among a group of UW researchers who have been working on male contraception for decades.
    Paige Cornwell, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • The law also does not apply to the use of morning-after pills such as Plan B or any type of contraception.
    CBS News, 26 May 2022
  • The drug may cause fetal harm, so women taking it should use contraception, the FDA says.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Until now, the age limit for free access to contraception in France has been 18.
    Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Reinsert the ring and use backup contraception (like a condom) for the next seven days.
    Megan Nunn, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Abbott has defended the ban and said the state of Texas would pay for Plan B and emergency contraception.
    Donovan Slack, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • His argument is why some suggest that the right to contraception could be next.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The bill also does not apply to the use of Plan B, other morning-after pills or any type of contraception.
    Arkansas Online, 20 May 2022
  • For a year, the couples relied only on the male side of contraception to avoid pregnancy.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 May 2022
  • But the precedent on contraception has come up decades later with the justices on today’s Supreme Court.
    Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
  • The label will warn that the drug could cause harm to a fetus and will advise women to use contraception while taking the pill and for a week afterward.
    Pam Belluck, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Some use the apps solely to track their cycles, or as a natural form of contraception.
    Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
  • There are three conditions that need to be met for LAM to be an effective form of contraception.
    Christina Oehler, Health.com, 19 June 2019
  • In 1916, Sanger, a women’s health advocate, opened the first clinic in the U.S. to offer contraception.
    Dani McClain, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Women in Ohio were also in a rush to get contraception: birth-control pills, implants, a first IUD.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
  • One of the bills was to allow elective abortions up to 15 weeks, and the other two were to increase protections for access to IVF and contraception in the state.
    Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The Supreme Court’s ruling was based on a 1965 ruling that struck down the anti-contraception law in Connecticut.
    Meagan Hurley, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Her first meaty assignment was a story for Esquire on the state of contraception.
    Karen Karbo, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Today, thanks to contraception, pessimism has a chance to enact its program: Don’t have kids, let the human race die out.
    Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • And in October, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would require private insurance plans to cover over-the-counter contraception without a prescription at no cost.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024

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