natural family planning
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- noun
- /ˈnæʧərəl ˈfæmɪli ˈplænɪŋ/
- Specialized
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planificación familiar natural
- Couples who practice natural family planning usually track the woman’s menstrual cycle closely.
- couples using natural family planning
- practicing natural family planning
- using natural family planning
Examples
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Catholic health institutions may not promote or condone contraceptive practices but should provide, for married couples and the medical staff who counsel them, instruction both about the Church's teaching on responsible parenthood and in methods of natural family planning.
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There are those who argue that natural family planning is acceptable because it simply involves abstinence from sex during times when fertility is likely.
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We have one child and one on the way, both of which were planned to the exact month using natural family planning.
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For those having sexual relations within natural marriage and wanting to regulate births, there is natural family planning.
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You use the natural family planning method and don't abstain from sex on the fertile days of your cycle.
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Natural Family Planning involves being "open to the gift of life" (i.e., pregnancy).
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It has become a very effective method of natural family planning (effective rates of 96.8), and therefore more couples are interested in using it (and other NFP methods) as a healthier and more environmentally sound method of family planning.
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Many couples choose natural family planning as a way to space their children without medical interventions.
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By learning about her cycle, she effectively used natural family planning to avoid pregnancy.
How Effective
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally straightforward: 'family planning' denotes methods to plan/limit childbirth and 'natural' signals non-artificial methods. A B1 learner who knows those words will very likely infer it refers to birth-control practices that rely on natural (non-drug, non-device) means, even if they might not know the exact technical details (e.g. fertile-period avoidance). This construction and meaning are also common cross-linguistically, supporting transparency.
Etymology
Natural family planning comes from the simple idea of using natural signs and timing to plan a family instead of using medicines or devices. Couples watched a woman's monthly cycle and avoided sex on the days she could get pregnant, so the phrase means 'to avoid pregnancy without drugs or devices' today.