The former eugenics protection law is enacted.
Due to the problem of sterilization under the old eugenics protection law due to disability, the Health and Labor Committee of the Houses of Representatives and Houses of Representatives will start an investigation such as how the country enacted the law.
Under the old eugenics protection law that was enforced until 1996, in April of last year, a law was enacted to pay a lump sum of 3.2 million yen per person in order to relieve those who have been forced to undergo sterilization surgery. .
The Relief Law stipulates that the government should investigate the circumstances of enacting the old eugenics protection law so that the same situation will not be repeated. The investigation should be done by the legislative body."
The investigation will be conducted by the Diet's office, and in addition to examining the literature at the time when the old eugenics protection law was enacted, the policy is to spend several years listening to the damage situation from related parties.
Masahito Moriyama, chairman of the House of Representatives Health and Welfare Committee, said, "It may be possible to compensate for some, but it is natural to take action because the country's negligence has caused irreparable damage." .