Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find
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- At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections between 1966 and 1991.S1
- Truth commission to be established after two expert reports failed to agree whether scheme constituted genocide.S2
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Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find
At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections between 1966 and 1991.
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Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights, experts find
Truth commission to be established after two expert reports failed to agree whether scheme constituted genocide.
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Published Aug 28, 2026
What to know
- At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections between 1966 and 1991.S1
- Truth commission to be established after two expert reports failed to agree whether scheme constituted genocide.S2
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