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birth control

[burth kuhn-trohl] / ˈbɜrθ kənˌtroʊl /


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Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Father-of-five Jason Day jokingly described the occasion as "a circus", with Clark adding: "As a man with no kids I'll say it's great birth control but it's a lot of fun."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The family rose to fame via “19 Kids and Counting,” a long-running TLC reality series about a fundamentalist Christian family who homeschooled their children and disavowed birth control and kissing before marriage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“As providers, we should learn how to treat it, rather than covering it up with birth control pills or progesterone,” she said.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

About a year later, a New York woman connected with some sort of national birth control organization came to Montclair to form a local chapter.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey



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