The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said.

In an attempt to reduce the population of the former Danish colony, at least 4,500 women and girls are believed to have undergone the medical procedure, usually without their consent or knowledge, at the hands of Danish doctors between 1966 and 1970 alone.

The total number of those affected by the procedures, thought to have continued for decades, is understood to be far higher. Victims and their lawyers say generations of Inuit women were left traumatised and suffering reproductive complications, including infertility, as a result of the Danish state’s policy.

Earlier this month, a group of 143 women sued the Danish state over the alleged violations, but they have yet to receive a response from the government, despite the Danish prime minister visiting Greenland – now an autonomous territory of Denmark – soon after.

  • Rikudou_SageA
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    79 months ago

    So is black, what’s your point?

    • @girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
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      -79 months ago

      Black is not a lack of pigmentation. If you believe that may I suggest heading back to Biology 101 for an upgrade course.

      • Rikudou_SageA
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        79 months ago

        Yeah, let’s pretend that’s what I meant. You should feel proud.