Current Events > Japan says women will need consent of their partner to have abortion...

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It's both.

Hardly a 'baby' or a 'child'.

It was actually one of the first countries in the world to pass an abortion law, back in 1948.

But it was part of the Eugenics Protection Law - yes, it really was called that. It had nothing to do with giving women more control over their reproductive health. Rather, it was about preventing "inferior" births.

Article 1 of the law says: "To prevent birth of inferior descendants from the eugenics point of view and to protect the life and health of the mother as well."
The Eugenics Protection Law was renamed and updated in 1996, when it became the Maternal Health Protection Law.

And yet still both.

No, it's a fetus.

Fetus/child/baby/human/son/daughter/family, whatever you call it, it's the same person whether it's a "clump of cells" or not.

Fetus/child/baby/human/son/daughter/family, whatever you call it, it's the same person whether it's a "clump of cells" or not.

Her body her choice, every time all the time

Not the man's choice but if the man requests her to have an abortion and she says no, they should not he legally required for child support.

Her body her choice, every time all the time

We've discussed this already in the topic but in what way do you see this as fair.

Because a woman has the choice of being a mother. A father should have the same choice in regards to being a father.

I think the idea is that it takes two people to make a child and it should take two people to abort it. But in actuality that just means that the woman doesnt have any control.

Because a woman has the choice of being a mother. A father should have the same choice in regards to being a father.

It's both.

lol, I remember a decade or two ago when people who didn't know any better were "obsessed with Japanese culture (anime/vidya)" and thought it was the best country ever.

Some of those people are probably celebrating this as Japan continues to "not bend to PC culture"

Because the law favors the child. It doesn't matter whether he wanted it or not, he made a child the child exists and it needs to be provided for

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Because he is the father, just as how the mother must pay child support.

And yet still both.

Her body her choice, every time all the time

To be fair, the baby does belong to both parents, and the father should absolutely have a say when deciding the fate of his child.

The womans body belongs to her and only her so no the father should not get any say in what happens to her body.

Why dont men start focusing on their own body autonomy such as fucking wrapping it up or pushing harder for hormonal male birth control instead of placing the onus on women and then trying to control the outcome after.

The womans body belongs to her and only her so no the father should not get any say in what happens to her body.

Why dont men start focusing on their own body autonomy such as fucking wrapping it up or pushing harder for hormonal male birth control instead of placing the onus on women and then trying to control the outcome after.

It's less about the woman's body and more about the life of a man's child. He should have at least some ability to contest an abortion that isn't medically necessary. Given that the life of his child is at stake.

This seems like a non-sequitor. How would a condom solve the problem if a man wants to have a child?

But it was not a child that he wanted in the first place....all these fems want their cake and eat it too.

Ok and by that same logic then if it is her body then it's her responsibility to prevent pregnancy if she doesn't want to be. So a guy shouldn't have to pay child support if he doesn't want a kid and she was irresponsible by not being on birth control.

He should have at least some ability to contest an abortion that isn't medically necessary.