Tokyo court rules against women’s right to voluntary sterilization

Japan court calls women's sterilisation law 'irrational'

A Japanese court said Tuesday that a law hugely restricting women's access to sterilisation "lacks rationality", a ruling hailed by plaintiffs as a "step forward". The Tokyo District Court, however, stopped short of finding the decades-old "maternity protection" law — one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation — to be outright unconstitutional or illegal. It dismissed the five women's claim that it is denying them their rights…

'Lacks rationality': Japanese court rules on women's right to sterilisation

A law in Japan bans childless women from accessing voluntary sterilisation. Now a Tokyo judge has found it "lacks rationality" and should be debated.

Japan court says restrictive sterilisation law ‘lacks rationality’

TOKYO, March 17 — A Japanese court said today that a law hugely restricting women’s access to sterilisation “lacks rationality”, a ruling hailed by plaintiffs as a “step forward”.The Tokyo District Court, however, stopped short of finding the decades-old “maternity protection” law—one of the world’s most restrictive barriers to sterilisation—to be outright unconstitutional or illegal.It dismissed the five women’s claim that it is denying them th…

Tokyo court rules against women’s right to voluntary sterilization

Under Japanese law, sterilization surgery for women can be performed only when specific health risks are present.

Tokyo Court Denies Japanese Women’s Right to Sterilization Surgery

One under-reported aspect of life for women in Japan is that they lack absolute control over their reproductive organs. In particular, women can’t opt for sterilization surgery if they decide they never want to have children. One group fighting to change that suffered a major setback this week after a court upheld the current law. Tokyo court upholds getting your husband’s permission for sterilization Picture: Gerain0812 / PIXTA(ピクスタ) The law is…