Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code of Japan makes abortion illegal in the country. Meanwhile, the Maternal Health Protection Law allows approved doctors to practice abortion with the consent of the mother and her spouse, if the pregnancy has resulted from rape, or if the continuation of the pregnancy may severely endanger the maternal health because of physical reasons or economic reasons. Any other persons, including the mother herself, trying to abort the fetus will be punished by the law. Anyone trying to practice abortion without the consent of the woman will also be punished, including the doctors. No abortifacient has been approved in Japan. Approved doctors, however, can choose to use imported abortifacient under the same terms above. Any other people who abort the fetus using abortifacient will be also punished. Oral contraceptives were once of limited availability, but the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan approved oral contraceptives in 2011. The usage of contraceptives is not considered as the act of abortion in Japan at all.. }
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- Abortion_in_Japan abstract "Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code of Japan makes abortion illegal in the country. Meanwhile, the Maternal Health Protection Law allows approved doctors to practice abortion with the consent of the mother and her spouse, if the pregnancy has resulted from rape, or if the continuation of the pregnancy may severely endanger the maternal health because of physical reasons or economic reasons. Any other persons, including the mother herself, trying to abort the fetus will be punished by the law. Anyone trying to practice abortion without the consent of the woman will also be punished, including the doctors. No abortifacient has been approved in Japan. Approved doctors, however, can choose to use imported abortifacient under the same terms above. Any other people who abort the fetus using abortifacient will be also punished. Oral contraceptives were once of limited availability, but the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan approved oral contraceptives in 2011. The usage of contraceptives is not considered as the act of abortion in Japan at all.".