How to Use contraception in a Sentence

contraception

noun
  • Your gynecologist should be your go-to source for all things contraception.
    Beth Krietsch, SELF, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Latina and Black women also have lower rates of contraception use than white women.
    Emily M. Godfrey, The Conversation, 18 Jan. 2022
  • And the number of women who likely need public support for contraception is increasing.
    Emily M. Godfrey, The Conversation, 18 Jan. 2022
  • This is reflected in healthcare approaches to contraception, too.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In other words, more people who don’t want to become parents can avoid it, thanks to advances in contraception and reproductive technologies.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • So are other forms of reproductive health care, including contraception.
    New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • This resulted in less access to contraception, more unplanned pregnancies and more abortions, many of which were unsafe because of restrictive laws.
    Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Worldwide, 270 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception.
    Alistair Currie, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Plus, history shows that in the absence of choice and contraception, Black women have gone to painful and often harrowing lengths to be self-determining.
    Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • That text does not include a mention to the right to contraception.
    Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The bill would protect the right to contraception, which was first recognized by the Supreme Court in 1965.
    Sara Edwards, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • Birth control pills are a type of contraception with hormones that block the release of eggs from the ovaries.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2023
  • In 2009, the CIC launched a contraception program for cows, rather than shipping them off the island.
    Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Young voted against the contraception bill last week while Braun did not vote.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
  • Women are able to get the emergency contraception over the counter.
    CBS News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The law also does not apply to the use of morning-after pills such as Plan B or any type of contraception.
    CBS News, 26 May 2022
  • The drug may cause fetal harm, so women taking it should use contraception, the FDA says.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Abbott has defended the ban and said the state of Texas would pay for Plan B and emergency contraception.
    Donovan Slack, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • His argument is why some suggest that the right to contraception could be next.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The bill also does not apply to the use of Plan B, other morning-after pills or any type of contraception.
    Arkansas Online, 20 May 2022
  • For a year, the couples relied only on the male side of contraception to avoid pregnancy.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 May 2022
  • But the precedent on contraception has come up decades later with the justices on today’s Supreme Court.
    Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
  • The label will warn that the drug could cause harm to a fetus and will advise women to use contraception while taking the pill and for a week afterward.
    Pam Belluck, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Some use the apps solely to track their cycles, or as a natural form of contraception.
    Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
  • Women in Ohio were also in a rush to get contraception: birth-control pills, implants, a first IUD.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
  • Oliveri said contraception can be described the same way.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • In July, House Democrats passed a bill to codify the federal right to contraception.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The left is nonetheless searching far and wide for a politician willing, or dumb enough, to suggest a contraception ban.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • Harris said several issues were on the line in the midterm elections, including the right to contraception.
    Keshia Butts, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • If the cost of your preferred contraception method is a concern, talk to your provider about how and where to get affordable contraception.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 16 June 2024

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