sterilization
Example Sentences
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When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”
Vermont authorized voluntary sterilizations in 1931, becoming one of more than two dozen states to do so.
From Seattle Times
Medical sterilization facilities came under scrutiny in 2016 when the EPA published an assessment finding ethylene oxide to be 30 times more toxic to adults and 60 times more toxic to children than previously known.
From Salon
While China’s extended “one-child policy” has resulted in a steep decline in population that could put dire strain on its economy, similar extreme measures in India, like forced sterilization, were short-lived.
From New York Times
In the ensuing decades, the issue became a top priority, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi went so far as to oversee the forced sterilization of millions of men, leading to political upheaval and mass panic.
From Washington Post
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