noun
- the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
- (loosely) birth control.
noun
- the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by the use of contraceptivesSee also birth control
n.
- A program to regulate the number and spacing of children in a family through the practice of contraception or other methods of birth control.
The use of education and birth control to limit the number of offspring and the population of a country. (See population control and Margaret Sanger.)