a month agoThey were sterilized for some 50 years so that they would not have offspring, Japan apologizes
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Promising that such a thing will never be repeated and that no one will ever be discriminated against again, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked public forgiveness to some 25,000 people with limited ability who were forced to undergo a variety of painful sterilizing procedures for nearly 50 years. The law, now suspended, [...]
The law, now suspended, forced citizens with limited capacity to sterilise to prevent “the birth of low quality offspring”. The procedures of sterilization included surgical surgery for removing reproductive organs and radiation treatments.
Victims of this law, which has been in effect between 1948 and 1996, when it was quietly replaced with the Law on the Protection of the Mothers, will receive and a compensation of about 25,000 euros. It should be noted that this compensation will only be given to those who were forced to sterilize. Some 8,000 people sterilized you willingly, although they are known to have been under pressure, and about 60,000 mothers forced to abort because of the risk of inherited diseases will not benefit compensation/day.
