Good news! What took so long!
Again an US elite university, i.e. Johns Hopkins U, calls women people! Disgusting! Women were forcibly sterilized, not people! Same applies to The Telegraph news media!
"Nearly 30 years after forced sterilization ended in Japan, victims there are finally able to apply for government compensation.
Background: Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilized in Japan under the country’s Eugenic Protection Law, and ~60,000 more underwent abortions without or with only dubious consent.
Most were people with intellectual disabilities or hereditary diseases, and a large number of the victims were children.
Other countries like Peru and the U.S. are also grappling with recent histories of forced sterilization of Indigenous people and incarcerated women—and advocates say the practice persists worldwide among ethnic minorities and those with intellectual disabilities. "
"Just last week, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan, the local governor met victims of an official eugenics policy to apologise for the suffering they underwent.
“On behalf of the prefecture, I would like to offer my heartfelt apologies for the immense suffering caused to the 900 (victims),” said Murai Yoshihiro while lowering his head. ..."
"In January, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation programme were finally able to apply for compensation for the first time.
Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under the country’s Eugenic Protection Law. Nearly 60,000 more underwent abortions without, or with only dubious consent. Most were mentally handicapped people or those with hereditary diseases. ..."
As Japan starts compensation payments, forced sterilisation continues around the world "Non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today"
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