Abortion before Birth Control : The Politics of Reproduction in Postwar Japan

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 contradic...
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Autor*in:

Norgren, Tiana [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press ; 2022

©2001

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Abortion, Japan

Abortion

Birth control, Government policy, Japan

Consumers' leagues

Contraception

Contraceptives

Family size, Japan

History

Human rights

Humanities

Industries

Medical care

Medicine, History

Non-governmental organizations

Obstetrics, Surgery

Oral contraceptives

People with disabilities

Persons

Pharmaceutical industry

Political planning

Politics, Practical

Reproductive technology

Social control

Social sciences

Sociology

Surgery, Operative

Therapeutics

Women, Social conditions, Japan

Women's rights

HISTORY / Asia / Japan

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (258 p.) ; 4 line illus., 4 halftones

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ISBN:

978-1-4008-4386-2

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9781400843862

Katalog-ID:

1800726988

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