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Illegal operation (euphemism)

"Woman Accused of Illegal Operations" front page headline[1] (The San Francisco Call, 1920)

Illegal operation (sometimes criminal operation or illegal surgery) was a widely understood euphemism for induced abortion used in the 19th and 20th centuries in Anglophone countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7] "Performing an illegal operation" could also be a criminal charge and/or the listed cause for the revocation of the medical license of an abortion provider.[4][8][9] The term was one of a number of euphemisms pertaining to sex, pregnancy, and childbirth.[2]

  1. ^ "Woman Accused of Illegal Operations". San Francisco Call. Vol. 107, no. 81. 1920-04-09. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-15 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  2. ^ a b Rawson, Hugh (1981). A dictionary of euphemisms & other doubletalk : being a compilation of linguistic fig leaves and verbal flourishes for artful users of the English Language (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 0-517-54518-7. OCLC 7279346.
  3. ^ McLaren, Angus (1993-06-01) [Summer 1993]. "Illegal operations: women, doctors, and abortion, 1886-1939". Journal of Social History. 26 (4). Oxford University Press: 797–816. doi:10.1353/jsh/26.4.797. ISSN 0022-4529. PMID 11652328. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. ^ a b Gutierrez-Romine, Alicia (2020). From back alley to the border: criminal abortion in California, 1920-1969. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-2313-5. OCLC 1192499443.
  5. ^ "AN ILLEGAL OPERATION". The Argus. Melbourne, Victoria. 1898-03-31. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Parker, Clare (2013-01-01) [January 2013]. "Female Complaints and Certain Events: Silencing Abortion Discourse". Lilith: A Feminist History Journal (19). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian National University Press: 32–45. ISSN 0813-8990. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  7. ^ Brooks, Vince (2014-12-18). "Hampton Coroner Records Reveal Social History". The UncommonWealth, Library of Virginia. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  8. ^ Kershner, Jim (2018-05-09). "100 years ago in Spokane: Midwife denies performing abortion". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  9. ^ "Illegal Operations". Pahiatua Herald. Vol. XXXIV, no. 10334. Pahiatua, Manawatū-Whanganui. 1926-09-04. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-05 – via Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand.

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