A district court in Hiroshima will hand down a ruling on a lawsuit filed by 28 children of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors seeking compensation from the state for failing to provide support to them.

The government currently provides various forms of financial assistance to recognized survivors and covers the full cost of their medical expenses. Currently, such aid does not extend to their children.

In December, in a similar lawsuit, the Nagasaki District Court ruled that the state not providing aid to so-called second-generation hibakusha did not violate the constitutional guarantee of equality under the law.

Although the plaintiffs claimed that their parents’ exposure to radiation in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing had affected their health, the court said the genetic influence of radiation could not be determined.

Aljazeera.