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birth control  

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  • Birth control, or contraception, is a practice, material, or device by which sexual intercourse can be rendered incapable of producing a pregnancy. Throughout history, women and men have practiced birth control in a wide variety of ways. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Birth Control]

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