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flag Five Japanese women challenge a sterilization law they say violates their bodily autonomy, seeking legal recognition of the procedure as a personal medical choice.

flag In 2026, five Japanese women, including Kazane Kajiya, are challenging a decades-old law that restricts sterilization to women with multiple children or serious pregnancy risks and requires spousal consent, arguing it violates their constitutional right to bodily autonomy. flag The plaintiffs, who oppose motherhood, say the law reflects outdated wartime ideology that treats women as reproductive vessels and denies them control over their own bodies. flag They seek legal recognition of sterilization as a personal medical choice, akin to plastic surgery, in a country where only 0.5% of women opt for it due to limited contraception and societal stigma. flag A ruling is expected soon.

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