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Birth control   /bərθ kəntrˈoʊl/   Listen
noun
birth control  n.  The act or process of deliberately limiting the number of one's children born, especially by preventing conception. Note: Conception may be prevented by ingesting medicines, using barriers such as condoms or spermicides during copulation, or by ligating or removing the reproductive organs.
Synonyms: birth prevention, family planning.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Birth control" Quotes from Famous Books



... but which are merely infractions of man-made laws, or representing rebellious acts against an unjust and cruel social order. Thus, for instance, a man or a woman who defying the law, would give information about birth control, and be convicted for the offence, would be legally a criminal. Morally he or she would be a high-minded humanitarian. A man who would throw a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; ...
— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson



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