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Japan to No Longer Use “Abnormal Delivery” in Official Documents

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will stop using the term "abnormal delivery" in official documents to refer to childbirth involving medical treatment such as cesarean section, it was learned Tuesday. The government will replace the term with ones that do not make mothers feel emotionally stressed. It will begin by using "delivery involving insurance-covered treatment" in...

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