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Japanese Attitudes toward Assisted Procreation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Yasuko Shirai
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The first “test-tube baby” in Japan was born in March, 1983 at Tohoku University Hospital. Since then ten years have passed. Table 1 indicares the clinical results of in vitro fertilization in this country. As it shows, more than 145 institutions perform IVF, and more than 3,000 babies have now been born using this procedure.

According to the recommendations issued in October, 1983 by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF is defined as a medical practice for treating infertility, and this procedure is performed only on married couples de jure. Eggs and embryos are not donated for IVF in Japan, nor does any “lending” or “leasing” of wombs take place. However, inFebruary, 1988 the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology issued new recommendations which allow clinical use of frozen embryos and eggs. The first baby from a frozen embryo was born in 1989, and 60 babies have been born to date.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , Spring 1993 , pp. 43 - 53
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1993

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