How to Use birth control in a Sentence

birth control

noun
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  • The right to birth control could very well be the next target.
    — Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • What would be the safest way for someone my age to get birth control?
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Included was The Pill in 1975, one of the first songs to discuss birth control.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The mother called and asked if her daughter should go on birth control.
    — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Here's a brief overview of male birth control through the centuries.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
  • Bill Baird, the ‘father’ of birth control, on the religious right and Supreme Court.
    — Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • That said though, it shouldn’t be used as daily birth control.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Read More Once the over-the-counter birth control pill is available, what about cost and coverage?
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Cramping is the main birth control side effect for IUD users.
    — Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Much of the change was attributed to wider knowledge of long-lasting birth control, like the IUD.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 1 June 2023
  • About 10 weeks ago, the birth control failed between the woman and her partner.
    — Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The right to access birth control was enshrined in a 1965 Supreme Court ruling.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 June 2024
  • The same is true for people who have just come off of hormonal birth control.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Chan said birth control can be a good option for some, but not all, of her PCOS patients.
    — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, there are other forms of male birth control in the pipeline.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • How Puerto Rican women were used to test the birth control pill.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The invention of the birth control pill, and women are crying out for it on this planet.
    — Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The new year is set to see a slew of new laws enacted across the country that expand access to birth control.
    — Ellen Connelly Taaffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Most Iowans support offering birth control pills over the counter, a new poll shows.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Losing fistfuls of hair might happen while the body adjusts to the hormones in birth control pills.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The devices, which are placed within the uterus to prevent pregnancy, are the third most common form of birth control in the US.
    — Maya Davis, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
  • But this is the first birth control pill that has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In some cases, you may be advised to switch birth control methods.
    — Kim Peiffer, Glamour, 23 June 2023
  • There are birth control options that don’t increase your risk.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This method of birth control doesn’t contain hormones, as pills for women do.
    — WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The nurse helped her and eventually opened a birth control clinic in her daughter’s high school in 1970.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
  • Low-dose birth control pills can also be quite helpful.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 19 May 2024
  • Another person shared an offer of birth control pills — but only the row of placebos at the bottom of the pack.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023
  • If accepted, the donor begins a two-week course of birth control pills starting on the third day of their period.
    — Hannah Jackson, ELLE, 8 Dec. 2022
  • It is believed to be caused by hormones, sun exposure, and birth control pills.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024

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