How to Use family planning in a Sentence

family planning

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  • Of course, disparities exist in family planning as in almost any aspect of health care.
    — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Men must also do their share and be at par with women in sharing our family planning responsibilities.
    — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 17 Feb. 2018
  • But in reality, they should be applauded and admired for taking control of their own family planning.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Only the Kardashians really know what's going on with their family planning.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The passages that will be trimmed describe societal views on family planning and access to contraceptives and abortions, which past reports have described at length.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Every $1 invested in family planning services yields up to $6 in savings on public services from health to housing, studies show.
    — Kieran Guilbert, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Since the 1980s, American funding for family planning has been deeply politicized.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2024
  • This month, New Jersey state lawmakers voted to restore millions of dollars in funding for health and family planning clinics.
    — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • In Portland author Leni Zumas' America, women's family planning rights are all but relics.
    — Amy Wang, OregonLive.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • So even that aspect of his work is kind of crushed under the wheels of this new era of family planning.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Protect Life Rule doesn’t cut a single dime from family planning.
    — Washington Post, 18 May 2018
  • The question, says Kuhn, is not whether family planning should be funded less.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 July 2021
  • After all, the rhythm method helped my parents with family planning back ...
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation promised to put $1.4 billion into family planning over the next five years.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 July 2021
  • The year, and maybe Nick Cannon’s family planning, is just getting started.
    — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 20 June 2021
  • The family planning rule is being challenged around the country in court cases that have yet to resolve the core issues involved.
    — Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
  • Staff at a family planning clinic alerted the girl’s family and the police because of her age.
    — Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 26 July 2024
  • Be sure your company’s parental leave aligns with your family planning.
    — Julia Wuench, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Basal body temperature is often used as a tool in family planning, so this isn’t coming out of left field.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 31 July 2023
  • Doctors have also expressed alarm at the prospect of such changes to federal family planning rules.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • Amanda Knox is speaking on the affect long prison sentences can have on a woman's family planning.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The Sue Hecks and Jan Bradys of the world are becoming a rarity, as family planning trends from the 1970s have essentially reversed.
    — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
  • Good real estate for family planning isn’t always easy to come by.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
  • And in many areas, Planned Parenthood is the only family planning provider.
    — Shefali Luthra, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Also among the action are Sam, a wise local doctor who works and plays too hard, and Delia, a meek, young neighbor fighting hard to open a family planning clinic in Harlem.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In a joint interview with GQ, the couple discussed their family planning.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, places with lower use of birth control could see a reduction in twins as more people get access to better family planning.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The Wallace Global Fund has for decades been a leader in helping women gain access to family planning.
    — Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, 20 July 2018
  • Others want to take family planning out of the woman’s health insurance on religious or so call moral grounds.
    — The Rev. Dr. Wm. Louis "lou" Piel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Advocates of efforts to reduce birth rates have pointed to the beneficial effects of family planning services.
    — Emily Klancher Merchant, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024

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