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

Like her two older sisters, Gao was sent to live with her grandmother shortly after she was born to hide from family planning officials, so that her parents could keep trying for a boy. —Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025

Concerns that the Trump administration plans to incinerate the stockpile have angered family planning advocates on both sides of the Atlantic. —Lorne Cook, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025

Medicaid is the main source of funding for family planning services for low-income people, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group. —Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 16 July 2025

Chemonics, the contractor managing the supply chain for USAID’s family planning program, declined to comment on the plans to destroy the supplies. —Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 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