'Dear women. Dear families.' Denmark apologizes for forced Greenland contraception program

The program involved fitting girls as young as 12 with painful intrauterine devices without their knowledge or consent.
SFGate

Denmark's leader apologizes to Indigenous girls and women in Greenland for forced contraception

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town ...
The Washington Post

Denmark, hoping to reconcile, apologizes for forced contraception in Greenland

In Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will apologize formally for the mistreatment of thousands of Inuit girls and women who were given invasive contraception without consent. In a ...
The World from PRX on MSN

A discussion about Denmark’s forced IUD program for Greenlandic Inuit women and girls

The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Victoria Pihl Sørensen, a Danish historian who has studied Denmark's IUD program ...

Denmark's PM apologises in person to Greenland women over forced contraception

Denmark's prime minister apologised in person on Wednesday to women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign, which has left islanders with deep scars and strained ...

Greenland's leader hails EU as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has thanked the European Union for being a "trusted friend" and urged ...