单词 | family planning |
释义 | family planningn. Planning or control of the number of children in a family or the intervals between their births, esp. by the use of contraception. Frequently attributive, esp. designating organizations, clinics, etc., providing advice about contraception and other matters relating to sexual health. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] contraception1886 birth control1906 family planning1934 1934 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 5 June 7/5 The American women of Europe are today pledged to assist their sisters in the United States in ‘family planning’, or what in old-fashioned vernacular used to be known as birth control. 1945 Lancet 3 Mar. 294/1 Growing numbers of women attending ‘family planning’ centres. 1957 Listener 26 Sept. 467/2 Family planning..will not spread in the villages until someone invents a contraceptive which is easy, very cheap, and does not require privacy. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash xiv. 412 The antiabortion warriors were the backlash's most blatant and violent agents. At their instigation..seventy-seven family-planning clinics were torched or bombed. 2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Oct. 57/1 Look at several Muslim countries who advocate family planning without any problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934 |
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