Title Women's rights? : the politics of eugenic abortion in modern Japan / Masae Kato

Published [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations Series IIAS publications series, Monographs ; 2 IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 2. Contents 1. Historical Background -- 2. Abortion Debates in the 1970s -- 3. On women's selfishness and the right to abortion -- 4. Abortion Debates in the 1980s -- 5. Analysis of the Discourse on the Concept of Individual, Political Rights in the 1980s -- 6. The Debate on the Notion of Individual, Political Rights after the Repeal of the Eugenic Protection Law -- 7. Liberated Individuals? -- Conclusion -- Appendices Summary This book analyses the debates between handicapped people's movement and women's movement in Japan about the issue of selective abortion focusing on the concept of 'right' Analysis Law Japan Women and Education, research, related topics Recht Japanologie Vrouwenstudies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-335) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Japan Eugenics -- Japan Prenatal diagnosis -- Japan Fetus -- Abnormalities -- Japan Women's rights -- Japan People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Japan Civil rights. Abortion, Eugenic -- legislation & jurisprudence Abortion, Eugenic -- ethics Civil Rights Prenatal Diagnosis -- ethics civil rights. Law. Humanities. History. Society and social sciences. Society and culture: general. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. Civil rights Abortion -- Law and legislation Eugenics Fetus -- Abnormalities People with disabilities -- Civil rights Prenatal diagnosis Women's rights Eugenische Indikation SUBJECT Japan https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007564 Subject Japan Japan Form Electronic book ISBN 9789048501434 9048501431

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