障害者差別根絶へ全閣僚会議　２９日初会合、違憲判決踏まえ

　岸田文雄首相は２４日、障害者差別の根絶に向け、全閣僚で構成する対策推進本部の設置を発表した。障害を理由に不妊手術を強いた旧優生保護法を憲法違反だとした最高裁判決を受けた措置。２９日に初会合を開く。北海道千歳市で記者団の取材に答えた。
　首相は「優生思想および障害者に対する偏見・差別の根絶に向け、教育・啓発を含めて取り組みを強化しなければならない」と強調。「共生社会」の実現に全力を挙げる考えを示した。
　対策推進本部は、相模原市の障害者施設「津久井やまゆり園」の入所者殺傷事件から８年目の節目となる２６日に設置する。（2024/07/24-17:47）

The Japanese government will set up a task force including all cabinet members to promote measures to combat discrimination against people with disabilities, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday.
   The move comes after the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the now-defunct eugenic protection law, which forced sterilizations based on disability, was unconstitutional.
   "We must step up our efforts, including education and edification, to eradicate eugenic ideas and prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities," Kishida told reporters in the northern city of Chitose, Hokkaido.
   The task force will be launched on Friday, which marks the eighth anniversary of a deadly attack on a care home for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. It will hold its first meeting on Monday.
   Earlier on Wednesday, the prime minister visited a child welfare facility in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, that supports children with developmental disabilities, and vowed to work to increase staff at special-needs schools and strengthen support for child development support centers.