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>HOME Japanese Page ◇Prenatal Diagnosis ◇Discourses on Prenatal Diagnosis ◇Eugenics ◇Tateiwa, Shinya 1997 On Private Property(Shiteki-Shoyu Ron), Tokyo, Keiso-Shobo Chapter 9 "Dealing with correct forms of eugenics" (translation by Robert Chapeskie) 1970's- in Japan chapter 9, note 9 Assertions made within the women's movement during this period are not homogenous. This is symbolized by the conflict between the "Chupiren" ("Chusetuskinshihou ni hantaishi pirukaikin wo youkyusuru josei kaihourengo" or "Alliance of women who oppose the law prohibiting abortion and demand the lifting of the ban on the pill") which asserted that "whether or not to give birth should be decided by the woman in question", called for access to abortion as a right in all cases, viewed the Eugenic Protection Law as a law prohibiting abortion, and demanded the complete abolition of this law and a lifting of the ban on the [female contraceptive] pill, and the "Ribu Shinjuku Senta ("Shinjuku Lib Centre") which, while taking up the abolition of the Eugenic Protection Law and the idea of abortion as a right, at the same time also took issue with a society that placed all of the burdens of parenthood on one parent, addressing the problem of a society in which women will not give birth and asserting that to make abortion truly a right there must be "a society which supports childbearing, a society in which women want to give birth". The former sides completely with the parent = women and consistently argues from this perspective (⑥). The latter takes issue with a society which prioritizes productivity and does not support childrearing and explores the possibility of a joint attack against eugenic thought. Here amniocentesis testing is criticized (⑦). The latter movement was eventually taken over by the woman's movement. However, while the emphasis may have shifted towards asserting the rights of women as the individuals in question and away from addressing the factors that shape the current reality and fighting to change them alongside disabled people, the idea that the issue should be approached from the perspective of addressing the burdens placed on women rather than actively supporting selective abortion itself remained unchanged. (Even in ⑥ these kinds of rights are not actively argued). Akiyama [1991] [1993] states that while the Chupiren's flamboyant behavior drew a lot of attention from the mass media it did not comprise the largest segment of the movement at the time. The above is therefore a confirmation of the range of amplitude of the assertions being made during this period (cf. Tanaka [1972] [1983], Ehara [1991b], "Impaction" 73 [1992], Ueno [1994:5-8], and Morioka [1995c]). SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 SAMPLE 3 SAMPLE 4 UP:July 20, 2007 REV: * Bioehtics |