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Institutional history of post-war abortion in Japan: medicine, population and geopolitics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K01171
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology/History of science and technology
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

Matsubara Yoko  立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 教授 (80303006)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords人工妊娠中絶 / 戦後日本 / 人口問題 / 優生保護法 / 医療史 / 引揚者医療援護 / 優生政策 / 強制的不妊手術 / 人口政策史 / 産児調節運動
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we examined the policy history and institutional history of the systematic abortion of repatriated women immediately after World War II. As a result, the following issues became clear: First, immediately after the end of the war, the Imperial Diet and the government strongly recognized the need to support repatriated women to prevent venereal diseases and the birth of mixed-race children from a eugenic perspective. Second, the Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted venereal disease tests and abortions for repatriated women by utilizing the network of the Regional Relief Centers and the National Hospitals and Sanatoriums nationwide. Third, the Ministry of Health and Welfare could not justify abortion because of "illegal pregnancy" (pregnancy due to assault), and tried to prevent illegality by expanding the interpretation of medical reasons (maternal protection).The enactment of the Eugenic Protection Law of 1948 played a role in resolving the contradiction.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

1948年公布の優生保護法は、人工妊娠中絶、不妊手術、受胎調節の実施に法的根拠を与え、制度化することにより、戦後日本における女性の性と生殖に大きな影響を及ぼした。優生保護法の二つの柱である優生保護と母体保護の関係を歴史的に明らかにすることは、現代日本の遺伝子技術と生殖技術の倫理的問題を考えるうえでも重要である。本研究では、優生保護法成立の背景に、敗戦後の引揚で暴行された女性の支援と優生保護を一体化した政府による組織的中絶の実施と、政策的な正当化があることを実証的に示し、戦後日本の人工妊娠中絶の制度史に新たな知見を加えた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「優生学と生命倫理」2019

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      『響き合う街で』

      Volume: (89) Pages: 22-25

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「強制不妊手術問題と公文書管理」2018

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      『現代思想』

      Volume: 46-10 Pages: 85-94

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 優生保護法の歴史が問いかけるもの2018

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      診療研究

      Volume: 538

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 「優生法の系譜」論」批判の検討」2017

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      『生物学史研究』

      Volume: 95 Pages: 64-68

    • NAID

      130007659421

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 人口問題の設定と生殖への介入--三論文へのコメント2017

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      インクルーシブ社会研究

      Volume: 16 Pages: 80-83

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 障害者から産むことを奪った強制不妊手術2016

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Journal Title

      女も男も

      Volume: 128 Pages: 29-34

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「ヒトの遺伝子改変是非論の争点」2019

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本学術会議・学術フォーラム「ゲノム編集技術のヒト胚等への応用について考える」
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「日本の優生法の歴史」2019

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      第115回日本精神神経学会学術総会委員会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 「優生保護法の問題点ー「優生」と「強制不妊」を中心に」2019

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本医学会連合第2回母体保護法(旧優生保護法)の検証のための検討会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 「優生保護法の批判的再発見」2018

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本生命倫理学会第30回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "From a militaristic state to a cultured nation: Resetting eugenic policies after the collapse of the Empire Japan"2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoko, Matsubara
    • Organizer
      Population and Reproduction in Japan: From the Perspective of Global History
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 優生保護法下での優生学的適応による人工妊娠中絶2018

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会第65回年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 引揚援護医療における人工妊娠中絶事業の検討2017

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会第64回年会
    • Place of Presentation
      香川大学(香川県髙松市)
    • Year and Date
      2017-06-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 引揚援護医療における人工妊娠中絶の検討2017

    • Author(s)
      松原洋子
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会第64回年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Rethinking the medical approach on population quality in the making of abortion policy in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Matsubara
    • Organizer
      UK-Japan Seminar on the Politics and Practices of ‘Low Fertility and Ageing Population’ in Post-War Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      マンチェスター(イギリス)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 『戦後日本を読みかえる 4 ジェンダーと生政治』2019

    • Author(s)
      (編者)坪井秀人編、(分担執筆)美馬達哉、松原洋子、柘植あづみ、飯田祐子、安井眞奈美、光石亜由美、狩俣真奈、菅野優香
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      臨川書店
    • ISBN
      9784653043942
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 由井秀樹・松原洋子編『インクルーシブ社会研究ー生殖と人口政策、ジェンダー』

    • URL

      http://www.ritsumeihuman.com/publications/read/id/125

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] UK-Japan Seminar on the Politics and Practices of ‘Low Fertility and Ageing Population’ in Post-War Japan2017

    • Place of Presentation
      マンチェスター(イギリス)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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