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

The funds were slated to go towards annual exams, cancer screenings, birth control and other family planning services. —Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025

What is worth examining, though, is how this plays out when career ambitions collide with family planning. —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 21 May 2025

Another bill provision bans Medicaid funds from being spent on nonprofit organizations primarily engaged in family planning or reproductive services, which would affect Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide abortions. —Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 20 May 2025

Saving for college According to the survey, 80% of parents considered finances as part of their family planning. —Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for family planning

• panning
• planing
• scanning
• spanning
• tanning
• preplanning
• replanning
• scintiscanning

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