Court ruling on defunct eugenics law

Court ruling on defunct eugenics law

Lead lawyer Koji Niisato speaks in front of the Sendai District Court in the northeastern Japan city on May 28, 2019. The court determined that the now-defunct eugenics protection law that mandated the government to stop people with intellectual disabilities from reproducing was unconstitutional, but it dismissed a damages suit filed by two women, represented by Niisato, who underwent forced sterilization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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