Japan's Eugenic Protection Law:A Population Policy Practice Grounded in an Erroneous Theory
The Eugenic Protection Law,which lasted from 1948 to 1996,was a notorious law in post-war Japan.It inherited the basic principles of the National Eugenics Law formulated before the WWII which emulated Nazi Germany's sterilization law.Under the guise of eugenics and the"national policy"of"preventing the birth of defective offspring",it required compulsory sterilization surgery for those suffering from hereditary mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities.This led to extremely dire consequences over a period of nearly half a century,with tens of thousands of disabled individuals being deprived of a normal life.Although this vicious law has been abolished,justice has not been served.In recent years,multiple victims have filed lawsuits demanding compensation and apologies from the state for this"greatest post-war human rights violation",which not only exposes this bloody history to the public but also lays bare the hypocrisy of Japan's post-war democratic system.
Postwar JapanEugenic protection lawNational eugenics lawCompulsory sterilization surgery
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