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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception of Inuit women scheme

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IwantToRetire · Today 02:44

From the 1960s to 1990, more than 4,000 Greenlandic women were forced to wear a contraceptive coil, in the majority of cases without their consent.

Greenland said it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Denmark's forced contraception of thousands of indigenous Inuits, after experts failed to agree on whether the scheme constituted "genocide."

The forced contraception campaign is one of the darkest chapters in Greenland's history with its former colonial master Denmark.

From the 1960s to 1990, more than 4,000 Greenlandic women were forced to wear a contraceptive coil, or intrauterine device (IUD), in the vast majority of cases without their consent or that of their parents if they were minors.

Girls as young as 12 were affected, some of whom were never able to have children afterwards.

article continues at https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/28/greenland-to-open-truth-commission-over-forced-contraception-of-inuit-women-scheme

More here
Reports split over whether forced contraception of Greenlandic women and girls constituted genocide
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/greenland-united-nations-nuuk-donald-trump-mette-frederiksen-b3041241.html

There were threads about this sometime ago, but dont come up via MN search function.

Reports split over whether forced contraception of Greenlandic women and girls constituted genocide

Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/greenland-united-nations-nuuk-donald-trump-mette-frederiksen-b3041241.html

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BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · Today 07:39

About time.

Cailleach1 · Today 08:00

I was quite surprised to learn about this on a recent trip to Denmark. It went on quite a while, and was continued even afterwards by local ‘healthcare’.

The Nordics do talk quite a good game, but I don’t think they bear up to closer viewing. Get the name of an early riser, and you can sleep till noon sort of thing. Whilst Norway and Sweden happily continue expanding on mining on areas in their own countries, much to the disbenefit of the Sami people, they are quite vocal about other countries damaging the environment.

DeanElderberry · Today 09:14

Sweden was very keen on compulsory sterilisation of anyone they disapproved of.

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