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Abortion in Japan
Abortion in Japan is legal under a term limit of 22 weeks for endangerment to the health of the pregnant woman, economic hardship, or rape. It was first legalized in 1948 under the Eugenic Protection Law initially for health and eugenic reasons, and later expanded to include economic hardship, which made it function quite broadly in practice. Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code of Japan makes abortion de jure illegal in the country, but exceptions to the law are broad enough that it is widely accepted and practiced. Exceptions to the prohibition of abortion are regulated by the Maternal Health Protection Law that allows approved doctors to practice abortion on a woman if the pregnancy was the result of rape or if the continuation of the pregnancy endangers the maternal health because of physical or economic reasons. Anyone trying to practice abortion without the consent of the woman will be prosecuted, including the doctors. If a woman is married, consent from her spouse is also needed to approve...
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