birth prevention

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birth prevention - limiting the number of children born

birth control, family planning

coitus interruptus, pulling out, withdrawal method, onanism, withdrawal - a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle

contraception, contraceptive method - birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

planning - an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"

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The National SIDS Council of Australia has called for a 50 cent levy on every cigarette pack to research SIDS and still birth prevention and to run an education program targeted at teenage girls and young women.

Pregnant women smokers remain by Australian Nursing Journal

Researchers attributed the decrease to $128 million a year in state and private funding for teen birth prevention programs that include comprehensive sex education.

DROP IN TEEN PREGNANCIES IN STATE SEEN AS TEMPORARY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The foundation's mission is better described as eugenicist, specifically focusing on birth prevention among non-white populations.

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