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5 women sue over spouse’s surname adoption law

5 women sue over spouse’s surname adoption law

Five women have sued Japan for its law which makes adoption of spouse’s last name mandatory.

The women say the law is unconstitutional and violates married couples’ civil rights, and are demanding compensation.

“By losing your surname, you’re being made light of, you’re not respected; it’s as if part of your self has vanished”, one of the women Kaori Oguni, said on Thursday.

An 1896 law says…

[whizkydee]

5 women sue over spouse’s surname adoption law

5 women sue over spouse’s surname adoption law

Five women have sued Japan for its law which makes adoption of spouse’s last name mandatory.

The women say the law is unconstitutional and violates married couples’ civil rights, and are demanding compensation.

“By losing your surname, you’re being made light of, you’re not respected; it’s as if part of your self has vanished”, one of the women Kaori Oguni, said on Thursday.

An 1896 law says…