For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment.
For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment.
Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. “We cannot change what has happened,” she said of the forced contraception. “But we can take responsibility.”
It was the latest twist in a simmering diplomatic conflict over Greenland. President Trump wants the island to be a U.S. territory, but Denmark refuses to give it up.
It was the latest twist in a simmering diplomatic conflict over Greenland. President Trump wants the island to be a U.S. territory, but Denmark refuses to give it up.
In a statement on Wednesday, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, said, “We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland.”
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