By Masae Kato
This quantity explores the concept that of Japanese reproductive rights and liberties in light of modern advancements in incapacity experiences. Masae Kato asks very important questions about what constitutes personhood and how, within the twenty-first century, we come to understand eugenic abortion and different bioethical arguments. Tracing the beginning and effect of the idea that of a "right," the writer areas the time period in neighborhood social and historic contexts in order to determine that it nonetheless consists of overtones of Anglo-American philosophy, instead of common fact. Digging deeply into jap debates on selective abortion, Women's correct? discusses how this charged time period should be either de-Westernized and de-masculinized, specially in its appropriations via the japanese women's circulation and incapacity scholars.** [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library]
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This was unprecedented for a group composed exclusively of people with disabilities. Aoi shiba no kai’s demands to the Ministry in the 1960s were to raise pensions for disabled people, to secure housing for the disabled, as well as the promotion of early medical screening and treatment of birth defects, and the establishment of long-term residential care. Because their demands were for better opportunities for disabled people within the existing system, Aoi shiba no kai’s position in the 1960s was more liberal than radical.
Aoi shiba no kai’s demands to the Ministry in the 1960s were to raise pensions for disabled people, to secure housing for the disabled, as well as the promotion of early medical screening and treatment of birth defects, and the establishment of long-term residential care. Because their demands were for better opportunities for disabled people within the existing system, Aoi shiba no kai’s position in the 1960s was more liberal than radical. Turning points of the activities On 29 May 1970, there was an incident in Yokohama in which a mother murdered her two-year old daughter who had CP.
In 1972, the prefecture decided to pay 25,000 Japanese yen (some 170 euro) per pregnant woman in order to have their amniotic fluid checked. Family planning was actively promoted by giving information and instruction about contraceptive methods and the distribution of contraceptive instruments to households with lower incomes. Checking for sexually transmitted diseases was promoted because syphilis, for example, could be the cause of a foetus with an anomaly. Lectures were held at the health council, providing instruction on the proper usage of medicines, the prevention of infection, nourishment, and guidance for delivery.