Victims of Japan’s Eugenic Protection Law Sterilized and Mutilated Without Consent By Maximilian Malawista Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/victims-japans-eugenic-protection-law-sterilized-mutilated-without-consent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victims-japans-eugenic-protection-law-sterilized-mutilated-without-consent NEW YORK, Jun 13 2025 (IPS) - Victims of Japan’s costly Eugenic Protection Law took to the stage sharing their life stories, offering their tragedies of sterilization and mutilation, in return for the hopes of “a society without discrimination”. At a side event on International Sharing of the Experiences and Lessons of Japan’s Former Eugenic Protection Law held on June 10th, The Conference of Parties on the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities Discussed the struggle for Anti eugenic ideology. Hosted by the Japan Disability Forum along with several legal defence teams for the victims, an outline of ideology, policy, and retribution was displayed, in an attempt to fight against “eugenics-based discrimination”. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.