Abortion In Japan
Abortion is de facto legal in Japan, with some limitations.
Chapter XXIX of Penal Code of Japan makes abortion illegal. Meanwhile, Maternal Health Protection Law allows approved doctors to practice abortion with the consent of the mother and her spouse, if the pregnancy has been from rape, or if the continuation of the pregnancy may severely endanger the maternal health. Any other persons, including the mother herself, trying to abort the fetus will be punished by the law. Anyone trying to practice abortion without the consent of the woman will also be punished, including the doctors. Oral contraceptives were once of limited availability, but the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan approved oral contraceptives at the end of 2010.
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