Abortion in Japan

Memorandums and information about abortion situations and problems in Japan

Entries from 2023-05-01 to 1 month

A big but awkward step forward

My report In Japan, the Mefeego Pack, a combi-product of one Mifepristone and four Misoprostol tablets, was launched on May 16, 2023, and the Japan Women's Foundation's Dr. Miho Uchida's clinic began offering "oral abortion pills" for the …

Product information for MEFEEGO Pack, a combi-pack product of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for Japanese market

One of the misteries that occationally happens in MHLW sites The site I could find easily yesterday suddenly disappeared! It was a product information of MEFEEGO Pack with the sign of "Deleterious product." I searched the site of the Minis…

On Approval of Mefeego Pack to Japan

Original Note by Kumi Tsukahara On Approval of Mefeego Pack to Japan - What We Can Learn from the Experience of Preglandin Suppository, the Only Approved 2nd-trimester Abortion Drug in This Nation Transvaginal Abortion Suppository Seen as …

Japan: Mefeego Pack approved as the first Medical Abortion drug

No one reported anywhere that it was approved as a deleterious drug bnn.network

ASAJ's Request on "Notes on the Use of Mefeego Packs”

For more available, accessible and affordable abortion pills! #Action for Safer Abortion (ASAJ) issued a request on May 8, 2023 to the following people and held a press conference on the same day at 11:00 am. This is a private, tentative t…

Q&A:What is the abortion procedure?

Explanation of the abortion methods by Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists What if the abortion procedure? - JAOGThis is my personal translation from original Japanese version. Question: What is the abortion procedure? An…

Message from an expert: On approval of Mefeego Pack

Here is an excerpt from the monthly message on May 7 from Tomoko Saotome MD., PhD., the president of the Professional Women's Coalition for Sexuality and Health in Japan. On April 28, the Japanese government finally approved the oral abort…

MHLW of Japan: Oral abortion pills imported by individuals (so-called oral abortion pills) in 2004

Press Release Material still published and referred by media and clinics Here is my translation of the MHLW's press release material in 2004. The original material is in Japanese. https://www.mhlw.go.jp/houdou/2004/10/h1025-5.html October …