family planning

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The World Health Organisation said that when midwives were educated to international standards — and when midwifery includes family planning — they could prevent more than 80% of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Their furniture was all in the possession of the family planning officers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“Without family planning, you could have an increased number of women die because of deliveries, especially young women.”

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

China in 2021 further relaxed its strict family planning controls, allowing couples to have three children -- something many couples, especially those living in cities, are reluctant to do.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

Second, nations with food deficits must put more of their resources into voluntary family planning programs.

From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)