birth control
A satirical Victorian era postcard, where a woman swats away the stork which has brought her her child.
Meaning
Noun
- Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.
- Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child .
Related
Similar words
- oligogenics
Origin
- Margaret Sanger coined the term "birth control" in 1914, using it in the July 1914 issue of The Woman Rebel, and was criminally indicted for it in August 1914, under the Comstock Law for obscenity in print.
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