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sterilization

[ster-uh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌstɛr ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /


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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.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In spring 2021, the Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families and descendants who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies and practices that led to sterilizations.

From Seattle Times

Medical examinations and sterilization will no longer be required to legally change one's gender, it added.

From Reuters

No other course of action, including sterilization or castration, would eradicate them, according to the modelling of various management scenarios, says Castelblanco Martínez.

From Scientific American

Critics say the tactics include arbitrary imprisonment of more than one million civilians; setting up “reeducation” camps where Uyghurs are propagandized against their faith; forced labor; forced sterilizations; and torture, including sexual violence.

From Washington Times