3 sue state over forced sterilization, abortion under eugenics law

Three more people sued the state on Thursday for damages over past sterilizations and an abortion forcibly carried out under the now-defunct eugenics protection law.A married couple in Hokkaido and a man in Kumamoto Prefecture filed the lawsuits at their respective district courts, seeking a total of 44 million yen ($400,000) in damages. They claim that conducting sterilizations without their consent or against their will was unconstitutional and the government had failed to provide relief measures.The total number of plaintiffs in sterilization lawsuits against the government since January…READ FULL ARTICLE