sterilize

Example Sentences

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Before America graduated to telling upwardly mobile White women that, if they decline to reproduce, they are avatars of late-modern decadence, it was forcibly sterilizing Black women in the Jim Crow south.

From Washington Post

More than 250 people were sterilized in Vermont, with two-thirds of those women and many labeled as “mentally deficient,” according to the University of Vermont.

From Seattle Times

Whitaker noted that ethylene oxide is used to sterilize half of all medical technology — about 20 billion devices — in the U.S. each year.

From Salon

They expect to release the first batch of sterilized males in November.

From Reuters

Because families still hold a traditional preference for sons, the government offers a hefty cash reward to women who agree to be sterilized after having two daughters.

From Washington Post