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In reply to the discussion: Girl, 14, Sues Family to Stop Abortion [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)"In physics, a force is any influence that causes an object to undergo a change in speed, a change in direction, or a change in shape."
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Definition of COERCE
transitive verb
1: to restrain or dominate by force <religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious W. R. Inge>
2: to compel to an act or choice <was coerced into agreeing>
3: to achieve by force or threat <coerce compliance>
-- Webster's Dictionary.
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Coercion IS force.
The whole unifying issue is the fact that putting undue influence on a person to make a decision they would not make otherwise abrogates choice.
The question is not whether a provider is going to strap a girl down and shove something inside her vagina. The issue is how old a person should be before they have the right to legally decline having something shoved inside them that they don't want there.