Example sentences for: family-planning

How can you use “family-planning” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As a bill lifting an embargo on money for international family-planning programs passed the Senate Tuesday, Feb. 25, legislators congratulated themselves for their concern for poor women and children in developing countries.

  • When President Clinton refused to accept such restrictions in the 1996 and 1997 budgets, the House leadership retaliated by threatening to slash and delay family-planning appropriations.

  • For their part, family-planning organizations and the Clinton administration seem equally adamant.

  • Five leading family-planning organizations calculated that as a result of the cuts, 4 million more women will have unwanted pregnancies, of whom 1.6 million will have abortions.

  • The White House compromised on funding for international family-planning programs--a stance first hinted at in Friday's NYT lead (see Friday's "TP").


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