Women's rights? : the handicapped foetus and abortion in Japan / Masae Kato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kato, Masae, 1971-

Series:

IIAS Publications Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Japan.

Abortion.

Reproductive rights--Japan.

Reproductive rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book analyses the debates between people with disabilities' movement and women's movement in Japan about the issue of selective abortion focusing on the concept of 'right'.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Historical Background; 2 Abortion Debates in the 1970's; 3 On women's selfishness and the right to abortion; 4 Abortion Debates in the 1980's; 5 Analysis of the Discourse on the Concept of Individual, Political Rights in the 1980's; 6 The Debate on the Notion of Individual, Political Rights after the Repeal of the Eugenic Protection Law; 7 Liberated Individuals?; Conclusion Summary of the Analysis and the Future of the Concept of 'Rights'; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9786612129087

9781282129085

1282129082

9789048501434

9048501431

OCLC:

432428608

Publisher Number:

10.5117/9789053567937