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Abortion in Japan has had a varied history. Japanese documents show records of induced abortion from as early as the 12th century. It was legal during the Edo period for the peasant class, who had difficulties with the recurrent famines and high taxation of the age.
In 1842, the Shogunate in Japan banned induced abortion in Edo. Although the law did not affect the rest of the country until 1869, when abortion was banned nation-wide.
In 1948 Japan legalized abortion under special circumstances. 1
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- ^ "第１４７回国会 国民福祉委員会 第１０号" (in Japanese). National Diet Library (2000-03-15). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
Obayashi, M. (1982). Historical background of the acceptance of induced abortion. Josanpu Zasshi 36(12), 1011-6. Retrieved April 12, 2006.
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