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The same goes for forced or coercive sterilization of women with disabilities, which is more common than people realize.
#YesAllWomen, but Not Really: How Feminism Leaves the Disabled Behind|Elizabeth Heideman|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meaning, one was left to discern, that religion is self-evidently a coercive force for ill.
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence|Patricia Pearson|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earnest questions are raised over the coercive nature of police interrogations.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But these challenges pale in comparison to a coercive and centralized system that is vulnerable to abuse.
End the Chief Rabbinate’s Monopoly|Rabbi Avi Weiss|November 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

There is nothing left but the coercive apparatus of the state to keep patients and doctors in line.
Obamacare Criminalizes Medicine|Shikha Dalmia|December 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To warrant the coercive statute, no recourse was had to the electorate of Britain, much less to that of Ireland.
Ulster's Stand For Union|Ronald McNeill
He was not coercive nor restrictive; he was an inspiration to effort and to manliness of conduct.
Dickens As an Educator|James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
But he could not do anything to gratify these feelings, because he was deprived of all coercive means.
The Grandee|Armando Palacio Valds
This is not a coercive argument for the hostile logic-monger: it is an appeal for the open heart.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus|G. A. Chadwick
But they were under no coercive authority, and were even permitted to marry.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville

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