優ゆう生せい手しゅ術じゅつ

noun

eugenic sterilization

Medical and historical term for sterilization performed for eugenic reasons. Often discussed in the context of Japan's former Eugenic Protection Law (優生保護法).

• 旧きゅう優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうのもとで、多おおくの人ひと々びとが優ゆう生せい手しゅ術じゅつを受うけさせられた。

  Under the former Eugenic Protection Law, many people were forced to undergo eugenic sterilization.