障害者の結婚、不妊処置が条件 北海道・江差の福祉施設
Welfare Center in Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan forced disabled patients to have sterilization surgery, when they are coupled.
https://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/23398544/
(Translation)
Welfare Center run by Welfare corporation "Asunaro Welfare Group"(Headed by Hidetoshi Higuchi) in Esashi, Hokkaido turned out to have forced intellectually disabled couples to have sterilization surgery such as pipe cut surgery for males and contraceptive vaginal ring for females, if the couples offer to live together or marry.
It has been mandatory more than 20 years. 8 couples accepted sterilization surgery. The welfare center regards them as consented cases. On the other hand, the facility has stopped job support for disabled patients and expelled them, if they rejected surgery.
President Higuchi insisted "Who is responsible for raising children in the case that parents cannot raise them as a result? We can't guarantee lives of born babies."
Ministry of health and labor comments "Dignity of eash human should be preserved, regardless of disability. If it's true, it's not appropriate."
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The biggest horror is not the incident itself, but approximately 80 percents of Japan's Twitter users agree with the policy of the welfare center, based on questionnaire I saw on Twitter.
I was disappointed with how cold-hearted they are.
