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Common-law couples OK'd for in vitro births

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The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) said Jan. 6 it will officially allow those in common-law marriages to undergo in vitro fertilization, relaxing a longtime voluntary curb.

JSOG, which has about 16,000 members nationwide, will ease the criteria for in vitro fertilization in line with a September ruling by the Supreme Court that said a clause in the Civil Code that denies full inheritance rights to children born out of wedlock was unconstitutional. (The Japan Times)

対外受精、事実婚も容認へ

日本産科婦人科学会は１月６日、事実婚の夫婦の体外受精を容認することを発表した。

The Japan Times ST: January 17, 2014