Abortion before birth control : the politics of reproduction in postwar Japan
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Abortion before birth control : the politics of reproduction in postwar Japan
(Studies of the East Asian Institute)
Princeton University Press, c2001
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-231) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780691070049
Description
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 study, Tiana Norgren argues that these contradictory policies flowed from very different historical circumstances and interest group configurations. Doctors and family planners used a small window of opportunity during the Occupation to legalize abortion, and afterwards, doctors and women battled religious groups to uphold the law. The pill, on the other hand, first appeared at an inauspicious moment in history. Until circumstances began to change in the mid-1980s, the pharmaceutical industry was the pill's lone champion: doctors, midwives, family planners, and women all opposed the pill as a potential threat to their livelihoods, abortion rights, and women's health. Written and interwoven with often surprising facts about Japanese history and politics, Norgren's book fills gaps in the cross-national literature on the politics of reproduction, a subject that has received more attention in the European and American contexts.
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Table of Contents
Illustrations ix Preface xi Abbreviations xv CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 3 CHAPTFR TWO: The Politics of interests 12 CHAPTER THREE: For the Good of the Nation: Prewar Abortion and Contraception Policy 22 CHAPTFR FOUR: Japan Legalizes Abortion: The Intersection of National and Professional interests 36 CHAPTER FIVE: The Politics of Abortion: Movements to Revise the Eugenic Protection Law (1952-2000) 53 CHAPTER SIX: Abortion before Birth Control: Japanese Contraception Policy (1945-1960) 83 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Politics of the Pill (1955-2000) 103 CRAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion 133 Appendix 139 Notes 159 Bibliography 217 Index 233
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: pbk ISBN 9780691070056
Description
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 contradictory policies flowed from very different historical circumstances and interest group configurations. Doctors and family planners used a small window of opportunity during the Occupation to legalize abortion, and afterwards, doctors and women battled religious groups to uphold the law. The pill, on the other hand, first appeared at an inauspicious moment in history. Until circumstances began to change in the mid-1980s, the pharmaceutical industry was the pill's lone champion: doctors, midwives, family planners, and women all opposed the pill as a potential threat to their livelihoods, abortion rights, and women's health.
Clearly written and interwoven with often surprising facts about Japanese history and politics, Norgren's book fills vital gaps in the cross-national literature on the politics of reproduction, a subject that has received more attention in the European and American contexts. Abortion Before Birth Control will be a valuable resource for those interested in abortion and contraception policies, gender studies, modern Japanese history, political science, and public policy. This is a major contribution to the literature on reproductive rights and the role of civil society in a country usually discussed in the context of its industrial might.
Table of Contents
Illustrations ix Preface xi Abbreviations xv CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 3 CHAPTFR TWO: The Politics of interests 12 CHAPTER THREE: For the Good of the Nation: Prewar Abortion and Contraception Policy 22 CHAPTFR FOUR: Japan Legalizes Abortion: The Intersection of National and Professional interests 36 CHAPTER FIVE: The Politics of Abortion: Movements to Revise the Eugenic Protection Law (1952-2000) 53 CHAPTER SIX: Abortion before Birth Control: Japanese Contraception Policy (1945-1960) 83 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Politics of the Pill (1955-2000) 103 CRAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion 133 Appendix 139 Notes 159 Bibliography 217 Index 233
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