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a medical operation in which a developing baby is removed from a woman’s body so that it is not born alive

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the practice of performing abortions, as a social or political issue

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someone who performs abortions. This word suggests that the abortions are illegal or that you do not approve of abortion.

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any form of contraception in which an object, rather than a drug, is used for preventing women from becoming pregnant. The use of condoms is a barrier method.

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the practice of avoiding becoming pregnant, or the methods used for this

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a rubber object that a woman puts inside her vagina so that she can have sex without getting pregnant

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a curved piece of plastic that is put inside a woman’s uterus as a contraceptive (=to prevent her from becoming pregnant)

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a thin rubber tube that a man covers his penis with during sex, in order to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against sexual diseases

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methods for preventing a woman from becoming pregnant, or the use of such methods

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a drug, method, or object used for preventing a woman from becoming pregnant

adjective

designed to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant

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a round rubber object that a woman puts inside her vagina as a contraceptive (=to avoid having a baby)

a type of condom

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a type of contraceptive that a woman wears inside her vagina while having sex

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the practice of controlling the number of children that you have by using contraceptives (=drugs, objects, or methods that stop a woman becoming pregnant)

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a condom

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intra-uterine device: a type of contraceptive that consists of a small piece of plastic or metal fitted inside a woman’s womb

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a drug that a woman can take after having sex to stop her from becoming pregnant

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a pill that a woman takes every day to prevent herself from becoming pregnant. It is usually called the pill and is a form of birth control.

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a pill that a woman swallows every day to prevent her becoming pregnant

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a condom

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a method of birth control that involves a man and a woman not having sex during the time of the month when the woman is likely to become pregnant

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a condom

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a condom

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a cream that kills sperm, used during sex to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant

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a medical operation in which a baby is removed from a woman’s body before it is completely developed, so that it is not born alive. The more usual word for this is an abortion.

adjective

unprotected sex is sex that people have without protecting themselves against diseases or becoming pregnant

adjective

unsafe sex is sex that people have without protecting themselves against diseases or the possibility of becoming pregnant

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