謝罪決議、秋にも採択　強制不妊で衆参両院

　衆参両院の議院運営委員会は１６日の理事会で、障害などを理由に不妊手術を強制した旧優生保護法が最高裁判決で違憲とされたことを受け、それぞれの事務局から説明を聴取した。国会として謝罪すべきだとの意見が与野党から相次ぎ、秋に見込まれる臨時国会で決議を採択する方向となった。
　衆院議運委の山口俊一委員長（自民党）は理事会後、記者団に「（同法を）全会一致で議員立法でやったことは痛恨の極みだ」と強調。共産党の小池晃書記局長は１６日の記者会見で「一刻も早く臨時国会を開会し、立法措置を取るべきだ」と述べ、救済法案の調整を急ぐよう訴えた。（2024/07/16-17:11）

Japan's parliament is likely to apologize to the victims of forced sterilization during its extraordinary session expected to be held this autumn, it was learned Tuesday.
   At hearings conducted by steering committees of both parliamentary chambers, ruling and opposition lawmakers called on the legislative branch to make an apology on its own for the inhumane acts carried out under the now-defunct eugenics law after the Supreme Court found the law unconstitutional.
   "It is extremely regrettable that the law was enacted by a unanimous vote," Shunichi Yamaguchi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the House of Representatives Rules and Administration Committee, told reporters after the Lower House committee's meeting.
   At a press conference the same day, Akira Koike, head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, urged the government to take legal relief measures for sterilization victims by convening the extra parliamentary session as soon as possible.