Title Abortion before birth control : the politics of reproduction in postwar Japan / Tiana Norgren

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : illustrations Series Studies of the East Asian Institute Studies of the East Asian Institute. Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Politics of Interests -- Ch. 3. For the Good of the Nation: Prewar Abortion and Contraception Policy -- Ch. 4. Japan Legalizes Abortion: The Intersection of National and Professional Interests -- Ch. 5. The Politics of Abortion: Movements to Revise the Eugenic Protection Law (1952-2000) -- Ch. 6. Abortion before Birth Control: Japanese Contraception Policy (1945-1960) -- Ch. 7. The Politics of the Pill (1955-2000) -- Ch. 8. Conclusion Summary Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. In this carefully researched study, Tiana Norgren argues that these contradictory policies flowed from very different historical circumstances and interest group configurations. Doctors and family planners used a small window of opportunity during the Occupation to legalize abortion, and afterwards, doctors and women battled religious groups to uphold the law. The pill, on the other hand, first appeared at an inauspicious moment in history. Until circumstances began to change in the mid-1980s, the pharmaceutical industry was the pill's lone champion: doctors, midwives, family planners, and women all opposed the pill as a potential threat to their livelihoods, abortion rights, and women's health. Clearly written and interwoven with often surprising facts about Japanese history and politics, Norgren's book fills vital gaps in the cross-national literature on the politics of reproduction, a subject that has received more attention in the European and American contexts. Abortion Before Birth Control will be a valuable resource for those interested in abortion and contraception policies, gender studies, modern Japanese history, political science, and public policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Abortion -- Japan Birth control -- Government policy -- Japan Family size -- Japan Women -- Japan -- Social conditions Human rights. History. Abortion. Reproductive technology. Industries. Social sciences. Non-governmental organizations. Social control. Contraceptives. Obstetrics -- Surgery. Humanities. Therapeutics. Sociology. Medical care. Surgery, Operative. Consumers' leagues. Oral contraceptives. People with disabilities. Women's rights. Medicine -- History. Contraception. Pharmaceutical industry. Politics, Practical. Political planning. Persons. Contraceptive Agents, Female Social Control Policies Human Rights History Abortion, Induced Reproductive Techniques Industry Social Sciences Persons Organizations History, Modern 1601- Social Control, Formal Policy Health Care Economics and Organizations Contraceptive Agents Obstetric Surgical Procedures Humanities Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Named Groups Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Therapeutics Reproductive Control Agents Sociology Delivery of Health Care Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Surgical Procedures, Operative Technology, Industry, Agriculture Therapeutic Uses Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Chemical Actions and Uses Chemicals and Drugs Consumer Organizations Contraceptives, Oral Disabled Persons History, 20th Century Public Policy Legislation as Topic Abortion, Legal Women's Rights Abortion, Eugenic History of Medicine Contraception Drug Industry Politics Societies sociology. people (agents) social sciences. history (discipline) humanities. history of medicine. politics. HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan. Abortion. Birth control -- Government policy. Family size. Social conditions Women -- Social conditions. Anticonceptie. Abortus provocatus. Avortement -- Japon -- 1945- ... Régulation des naissances -- Politique publique -- Japon -- 1945- ... Famille -- Dimension -- Japon -- 1945- ... Femmes -- Japon -- Conditions sociales. Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945- Japan. Form Electronic book ISBN 0691070040 9780691070049 0691070059 9780691070056 9781400843862 1400843863

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