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Difference between family planning and birth control

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‘Family planning’ is a broad term that includes any measures taken to responsibly prevent pregnancy (birth control, contraception, planning, abortions, permanent infertility procedures, etc.).
Birth control, however, is specifically designed to intervene in a woman’s natural hormones to drastically reduce the possibility of pregnancy (much like contraception)
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