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Shukan Post › Baby hatch debate focuses on handicapped children

In May last year, Japan's first baby hatch opened amid much controversy at a hospital in Kumamoto. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former Health… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Apr 18 2008

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