Japanese man tells U.N. forced sterilization at 14 ruined his life

The guy complains like someone squished his balls - oh wait.

It's nuts, we joke about castrating someone so they won't reproduce, but actually doing it is another level of crazy! He deserves everything awarded to him.

Especially indignant right now that eugenics is trying to make a comeback on authoritarian countries. When the own US health secretary is openly calling neurodivergent people lives not worth living (and pushing for a registry) as well as saying that it should be expected for children with vulnerabilities to die from infectious diseases he is getting close to repeating things like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/autism-national-database-rfk-jr

Japan has a lot to answer for!

This is a Nazi policy during their reigns in Germany and occupied area. Those considered being mentally handicapped were subject to be sterilized. Don't know Japan continued doing this in post war for 50 years !

This is a Nazi policy during their reigns in Germany and occupied area.

I don't think that's entirely true. The previous law from 1940 followed the Nazi idea of a "superior population". The 1948 law wasn't completely bad - it legalized abortions. The bad part was that it allowed sterilization without the person's knowledge or consent.

One thing missing from the article is the reason for the sterilization. Was it simply because he was an "alleged delinquent" or were there other reasons?

A question I have is if a person's child is likely to suffer either mentally or physically, should sterilization be encouraged?

Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 30,000 people were sterilized.

It only stopped in 1976!

Especially indignant right now that eugenics is trying to make a comeback on authoritarian countries. When the own US health secretary is openly calling neurodivergent people lives not worth living (and pushing for a registry) as well as saying that it should be expected for children with vulnerabilities to die from infectious diseases he is getting close to repeating things like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/autism-national-database-rfk-jr

Trying to find the cause of autism is not the same as setting up a eugenics program...

Trying to find the cause of autism is not the same as setting up a eugenics program...

He was pushing for a registry while refusing to accept the scientific conclusions about the complete lack of relationship of vaccines with autism, combined with his terribly wrong idea that people on the spectrum are invalid individuals that only represent a burden for society is what make the people that actually work to improve the lives of autism individuals take his actions as a prodrome of eugenics efforts.

The article referenced explains this already.

Trying to find the cause of autism is not the same as setting up a eugenics program...

He was pushing for a registry while refusing to accept the scientific conclusions about the complete lack of relationship of vaccines with autism

The registry will help identify the cause, whether it's one or more vaccines, or whatever other cause. Vaccines should not be ruled out, no matter how much you want it to be ruled out.

combined with his terribly wrong idea that people on the spectrum are invalid individuals ...

Some are invalid. He never claimed that all or most are.

...that only represent a burden for society is what make the people that actually work to improve the lives of autism individuals take his actions as a prodrome of eugenics efforts.

He never claimed they are only a burden and he certainly never claimed that they should be taken out, as you are implying...

The registry will help identify the cause,

It could when done by professionals of proven moral value and extensive credentials on proper scientific research, but not when done by political appointees working under a self-described incompetent person that don't understand the condition and is trying to push for antiscientific disinformation for personal gain.

whether it's one or more vaccines

It is not, based on literally decades of research that have prove vaccines do not correlate with autism in any way.

Vaccines should not be ruled out

Yes, they should according to actual experts that have demonstrated beyond any rational doubt that there is no relationship.

Some are invalid. He never claimed that all or most are.

The same could be said about neurotypical people, yet he choose to make this false generalization, which obviously makes people afraid the actual purpose is to push for eugenics, contradicting the current understanding of autism to push for the registry is simply deeply concerning and suspicious.

He never claimed they are only a burden

He choose to describe people on the spectrum as a burden, which is exactly what people trying to popularize eugenics do.

and he certainly never claimed that they should be taken out, as you are implying

Not openly but he already is implying society is better without people on the spectrum (which is not actually what the science says) there is only one extra step to push for a better society that does not include them.

I mean, he also finds acceptable that vulnerable children die in outbreaks, something no health care professional support. It is a thinly veiled appeal for eugenics.

albaleo, The 1948 law wasn't completely bad - it legalized abortions.

Listen to yourself. This man is lucky to be able to speak out against his treatment, a right never to be enjoyed by all the millions of little ones whose lives were snuffed out by chopping them up and ripping them out of their mothers' wombs. The idea that we can ever build a just society while we continue to allow this abominable crime is a mad fantasy.