Abortion before Birth Control : : The Politics of Reproduction in Postwar Japan / / Tiana Norgren.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) :; 4 line illus., 4 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- CHAPTER ONE Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO The Politics of Interests
- CHAPTER THREE For the Good of the Nation: Prewar Abortion and Contraception Policy
- CHAPTER FOUR Japan Legalizes Abortion: The Intersection of National and Professional Interests
- CHAPTER FIVE The Politics of Abortion: Movements to Revise the Eugenic Protection Law (1952-2000)
- CHAPTER SIX Abortion before Birth Control: Japanese Contraception Policy (1945-1960)
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Politics of the Pill (1955-2000)
- CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusion
- APPENDIX
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index