A government task force discussing measures to boost Japan's low birthrate has scrapped an idea to give young women handbooks informing them of certain medical facts — including those pertaining to infertility — faced by some women in their late 30s.
The handbook, tentatively titled Inochi to Josei no Techo (Handbook on Life and Women), was to be given to young women and include details on a "suitable age for pregnancy" and giving birth.
Nonprofit women's rights groups, including Tokyo-based Soshiren, were quick to criticize the original handbook idea, saying the task force was interfering with individual choices.