Denmark apologises to Greenland's victims of forced contraception scandal https://t.co/Tzi8JP4tzc
Denmark and Greenland apologize for painful legacy of forced Inuit contraception https://t.co/AOKtGf1nIA https://t.co/xe1wf8nC7D
Denmark apologises for involuntary birth control in Greenland https://t.co/4ekjRLGKYM https://t.co/4ekjRLGKYM
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued a formal apology to more than 4,500 Greenlandic Inuit women who were subjected to a forced contraception campaign that lasted until 1992. The campaign, conducted by Danish doctors, involved fitting intrauterine devices (IUDs) on Greenlandic girls and young women often without their consent, with the intent to reduce the Inuit birth rate under Danish rule. This involuntary birth control program, which began in the 1960s, has been acknowledged by Denmark as a grave injustice, and the apology aims to address the longstanding tensions between Denmark and its autonomous territory, Greenland. Both Denmark and Greenland have recognized the painful legacy of this policy and expressed regret for the harm caused to the indigenous population.
