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    3. 優生保護法

    優生保護法

    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほう

    Eugenic Protection Act

    KMT9News #29+1NounMedicine & HealthPolitics & LawKanji Vocab59 strokes

    ゆうせいほごほう

    Noun

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    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうは過か去こに存そん在ざいした法ほう律りつです。

    The Eugenic Protection Act is a law that existed in the past.

    KMT7Politics & LawHistory
    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうは、人じん権けん侵しん害がいとして批ひ判はんされてきた。

    The Eugenic Protection Act has been criticized as a human rights violation.

    KMT9Politics & LawMedicine & Health
    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうの下もとで、多おおくの人ひと々びとが強きょう制せい的てきな不ふ妊にん手しゅ術じゅつを受うけさせられた。

    Under the Eugenic Protection Act, many people were forced to undergo sterilization.

    KMT9Politics & LawMedicine & HealthHistory
    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうは1996年せんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうろくねんに母ぼ体たい保ほ護ご法ほうに改かい正せいされた。

    The Eugenic Protection Act was revised to the Maternal Health Act in 1996.

    KMT9Politics & LawHistory
    優ゆう生せい保ほ護ご法ほうの廃はい止し後ごも、その影えい響きょうは社しゃ会かいに深ふかく残のこっている。

    Even after the repeal of the Eugenic Protection Act, its effects remain deeply in society.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthPolitics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    優
    やさ.しい・すぐ.れる・まさ.る…(4)
    tenderness・excel・surpass・actor・superiority…(1)
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    保
    たも.つ…(8)
    protect・guarantee・keep・preserve・sustain…(1)
    護
    まも.る…(2)
    safeguard・protect
    法
    のり…(5)
    method・law・rule・principle・model…(1)
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