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Contraception in Japan was seen by elites in both the Edo and Meiji periods as a weakening of national strength, and encouraged strict regulation of women's reproductive role in society. These regulations became a national policy, fukoku kyohei (enrich the country, strengthen the military), under the Meiji government. [11]
Coin-operated-locker babies or coin-locker babies (Japanese: コインロッカーベイビー, romanized: koinrokkābeibī, lit. 'coin locker baby') are victims of child abuse often occurring in Japan, in which infants are left in public lockers. There are two main variables that account for the differences in frequency and the type of these ...
Birth control in Japan (1 C, 5 P) N. ... Contraception in Francoist Spain and the democratic transition; E. Emergency contraceptive availability by country; I.
Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the constitutional "right to marital privacy". In 1972, the case Eisenstadt v. Baird expanded the right to possess and use contraceptives to unmarried couples. In France, the 1920 Birth Law contained a clause that criminalized dissemination of birth-control ...
Dr. Hannah Stone, at one of Sanger's clinics, ordered a new type of diaphragm (a pessary) from a Japanese physician to be shipped from Tokyo to the United States. [1] Upon arrival in the United States the shipment was seized and confiscated under the Tariff Act of 1930, which had incorporated the anti-contraceptive provisions of the Comstock Act.
Japan No [1] Current law since 1996. In practice, contraceptive sterilizations are performed routinely, with health reasons given as the justification. [1] Kenya Yes [1] Kyrgyzstan Yes [6] Latvia Illegal since 2014 when the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence came into effect ...
Abortion in Japan is allowed under a term limit of 22 weeks for endangerment to the health of the pregnant woman, economic hardship, or rape. [1] Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code of Japan makes abortion de jure illegal in the country, but exceptions to the law are broad enough that it is widely accepted and practiced.
Women can be refused service by providers, and it is disapproved of by church leaders. Many are secretive about contraceptive use. [37] [38] Cameroon: Africa: Cambodia: Asia: Canada: North America (except Saskatchewan) (LNG only) [39] [40] Canada (Quebec) North America [39] [40] Cape Verde: Africa: Possibly due to small population [2] Central ...