Category: Eugenics

“The man who was interviewed had no intellectual or physical disabilities , but according to the defense group, he said the law was expanded and interpreted when he was in a child care facility, he said he had surgery.

“I’ve suffered for a long time in my chest, I want you to return my body, my life.” The man appealed at the press conference. The man said, “I should not be alone by myself, I want you to take courage you give to me.” ”

“The predecessor to the Justice Ministry tolerated “body restraint, anesthesia and deception” in “truly necessary and unavoidable” cases of the forced sterilization of people with disabilities under the now-defunct eugenics law.”

“A man in his 70s is intending to sue the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, seeking a lawsuit for damages next month, for forcing him to undergo ‘forced sterilization’ surgery under the now obsolete ‘Eugenic Protection Law’ without his consent.”

“The Wakayama Prefectural Government’s health promotion division declined to comment on the gap between the estimated number of those who were subject to eugenic operations suggested by the prefectural government documents and national government statistics.”

“Records that identify people forcibly sterilized under the former Eugenic Protection Law only exist for around 20 percent of the patients who underwent the surgeries.”

“Quick action by the government will make it clear that this nation has abandoned its eugenics beliefs.”

“A Hokkaido man in his 70s plans to file a lawsuit seeking damages from the government over his forced sterilization at around age 20 under the 1948 eugenic protection law, sources said Thursday, as a related investigation unearthed documents showing children aged 15 and below — including one as young as 9 — were also sterilized under the law.”

“The Fukushima prefectural government had earlier told Kyodo News it held no such records but said Tuesday it had found the documents listing the names, ages and illnesses of 33 men and 87 women, of whom 68 were under 20 years old.

The documents included applications for surgeries and notices about the operations. All of the 120 are believed to have undergone sterilization without consent.”