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A distinction is implicit here between birth control (or family planning) and contraception. The latter term is usually reserved for those methods which more directly inhibit or act against conception. Non-contraceptive methods of family planning (to limit the number and/or timing of children) include abstinence and Natural Family Planning. Contraception here does not refer to [[abortion]], or to those contraceptive techniques understood to be abortifacient in nature.
==Orthodox Teaching on Birth Control and Contraception==