Responses on: "Define birth control in your own words:"

Informant #69372: Protecting both partners from creating a human life they are not ready to be responsible for.

Informant #69384: pregnancy prevention (not termination)

Informant #69390: Using all your resources to not allow an unplanned pregnancy

Informant #69396: preventing conception from happening

Informant #69397: preventing a pregnancy from being established

Informant #69406: prevention of pregnancy

Informant #69408: prevention of the existence of a child

Informant #69436: conception prevention

Informant #69438: A SUBSTANCE THAT INHABITS THE BIRTH PROCESS

Informant #69439: Any planned preventative steps taken to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

Informant #69440: any type of preventive measure taken to avoid pregnancy.

Informant #69444: taking precautions to prevent unplanned pregnancies

Informant #69445: Specific actions taken to prevent oneself from becoming pregnant.

Informant #69447: Controlling the outcome of intercourse

Informant #69448: A PILL THAT KEEPS WOMEN REGULATED

Informant #69454: prevention of pregnancy from occuring

Informant #69457: The prevention of egg fertilization

Informant #69464: preventing birth but not having to abort the kid. its a hazy middle ground that i can't explain.

Informant #69472: Controling the ability of pregnancy

Informant #69500: preventing pregnancy

Informant #69505: preventing getting pregenant

Informant #69506: Birth control is taking preventitive steps to stop pregnancy from happening.

Informant #69529: taking precautions to prevent pregnancy

Informant #69550: anything that prevents pregnancy from occurring in the first place.

Informant #69564: l;uio;h89

Informant #69624: prevention of pregnancy

Informant #91108: common sense for society.

Informant #158991: stops or prevents pregnancy

Informant #187604: important

Informant #200110: important

Informant #225728: anything that stops babies

Informant #228249: anything that stops you having a baby

Informant #234037: preventing a baby

Informant #267128: any method to avoid fertilization or implantation

Informant #280191: Ways how to prevent birth (broader term than "contraception" - birth control also includes various forms of abortion).

Informant #292705: prevention of conception or implantation

Informant #331305: Prevention of pregnancy. Killing a baby after conception is not prevention.

Informant #341911: STOPPING HAVING BABIES

Informant #374672: something that keeps me from having a baby