Definition of family planning
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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The budget approved by the Legislature included language that would have moved federal Title X money for family planning services to health clinics and county health departments that do not provide abortions.
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Texas is a great example of what happens when family planning clinics are defunded.
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Last week, the president proposed reviving a Reagan-era rule that targets the Title X family planning program.
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In an interview before the new policy was announced, the heads of several family planning clinics across the country said that imposing the kinds of restrictions that were proposed two decades ago would have an enormous impact on their operations.
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Democrats say Trump is changing policy in ways that could disrupt access to family planning for some women.
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Texas, Iowa and Missouri in recent years have stopped offering family planning services through a special Medicaid program to keep from funding Planned Parenthood.
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More than 8,000 Alaskans avail themselves of family planning services at facilities funded by Title X grants, according to HHS.
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This policy could prevent health clinics from receiving Title X funding, which makes family planning and other preventive health services more affordable and accessible.
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First Known Use of family planning
1934
FAMILY PLANNING Defined for English Language Learners
family planning
Definition of family planning for English Language Learners
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: the use of birth control to determine the number of children there will be in a family and when those children will be born
Medical Dictionary
noun
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medical Definition of family planning
: planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through effective methods of birth control
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Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about family planning
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