Inuit Greenlanders Demand Answers Over Danish Birth Control Scandal

October 3, 2022

(BBC) – Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors. Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s.  It is a contraceptive device placed inside the womb – or uterus – to prevent pregnancy. (Read More)