Dr. Rowlands's articles on Japan
First trimester abortion in Japan
Authors
Sam Rowlands, Emeka Oloto
Publication date
2022/5/12
Journal: British Society of Abortion Care Providers
Issue: 12 May
Publisher: British Society of Abortion Care Providers
Description:
There are signs that mifepristone may be coming to Japan–after it became available in China and France in 1988. Mifepristone is now approved for use in early medical abortion in 82 countries (https://gynuity. org/resources/list-of-mifepristone-approvals). Based on more than thirty years of clinical study, the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of mifepristone and misoprostol used for early medical abortion is beyond any doubt. 1-3
Linepharma has applied for marketing approval for a combi-pack of mifepristone and misoprostol in Japan (https://exbulletin. com/world/1357452/). If approved, this would provide choice of a medical abortion for the more than 150,000 Japanese women who currently have surgical abortions each year. Acceptability and satisfaction with the abortion process is greatest when women can choose between methods and receive their preferred method. 4
Scholar articles
First trimester abortion in Japan
S Rowlands, E Oloto - British Society of Abortion Care Providers, 2022
Legalised non-consensual sterilisation–eugenics put into practice before 1945, and the aftermath. Part 1: USA, Japan, Canada and Mexico
Authors: Jean-Jacques Amy, Sam Rowlands
Publication date: 2018/3/4
Journal: The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Pages: 121-129
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Description:
In the late 19th century, eugenics, a pseudo-scientific doctrine based on an erroneous interpretation of the laws of heredity, swept across the industrialised world. Academics and other influential figures who promoted it convinced political stakeholders to enact laws authorising the sterilisation of people seen as ‘social misfits’. The earliest sterilisation Act was enforced in Indiana, in 1907; most states in the USA followed suit and so did several countries, with dissimilar political regimes. The end of the Second World War saw the suspension of Nazi legislation in Germany, including that regulating coerced sterilisation. The year 1945 should have been the endpoint of these inhuman practices but, in the early post-war period, the existing sterilisation Acts were suspended solely in Germany and Austria. Only much later did certain countries concerned – not Japan so far – officially acknowledge the human rights violations …
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