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Group home urged residents with disabilities to get sterilized | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

ESASHI, Hokkaido Prefectural officials are investigating a local facility for people with intellectual disabilities after learning that eight couples, each hoping to live together or marry, underwent sterilization procedures at the organization’s urging. ....

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Petition demands end to 'spousal consent' rule for abortions | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Academics and midwives on June 27 submitted a petition to the health ministry demanding the removal of a legal clause that requires pregnant women to obtain the consent of their spouses to have abortions. ....

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Court opens way for victims of sterilization to get redress | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

A Japanese court handed down a ruling that has wide-ranging implications for victims of a forced sterilization program by ordering the central government to compensate a 78-year-old man who underwent the procedure in 1957. ....

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