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

Results are uploaded to the Premom app for comprehensive family planning & tracking. —Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

This is a great blanket statement for dealing with hot-button subjects like politics, fertility, family planning, or body image. —Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025

That progress is currently in jeopardy, with global policy and legal changes restricting access, compounded by up to 80% of donor funding for family planning being cut or threatened globally. —Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025

Disconnected and financially uncertain amid family planning Rotkirch says there appear to be many possible reasons for this decline. —Sarah McCammon, NPR, 27 Oct. 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