Noun
limiting the number of children born
Source: WordNetAlso during the 2014 campaign, Baker took heat for his comments on the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Hobby Lobby, which found that employers can avoid the birth control coverage mandate for religious reasons. Source: Internet
According to the CDC, alcohol consumption by women of child-bearing age who are not using birth control increases the risk of fetal alcohol syndrome. Source: Internet
Although family planning and birth control was introduced in the 1960s, the lowered birth rate was more than offset by increased migration from the provinces as economic expansion accelerated. Source: Internet
As a result, we can no longer depend upon the pragmatic, thoughtful approach of our country’s courts to be a backstop for political attacks on birth control, LGBTQ rights or abortion. Source: Internet
An initial appeal was rejected, but in a subsequent court proceeding in 1918, the birth control movement won a victory when Judge Frederick E. Crane of the New York Court of Appeals issued a ruling which allowed doctors to prescribe contraception. Source: Internet
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just sided with the Trump administration, ruling your employer or university can deny you birth control coverage based on a religious or moral objection. Source: Internet