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family planningUse of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. The first attempts to offer family planning services began with private groups and often aroused strong opposition. Activists such as Margaret Sanger in the U.S., Marie Stopes in England, and Dhanvanthis Rama Rau in India eventually succeeded in establishing clinics for family planning and health care. Today many countries have established national policies and encourage the use of public family services. The United Nations and the World Health Organization offer technical assistance. See also birth control. family planning the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by the use of contraceptives www.icea.org How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Access to family planning and reduction of unintended pregnancy are long-standing priorities for Washington State's Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). CycleBeads have been clinically tested and are based on a family planning method that's more than 95% effective when used correctly Prevalence of HIV Infection and Sexual Practices in a Group of Family Planning Female Users in Yucatan, Mexico, Ligia Vera-Gamboa, Rennan A. |
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