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Greenlandic Women Will Finally Get Money for Forced Contraception

For decades, Denmark implanted intrauterine devices in women in Greenland in an effort to keep down the island’s population. On Thursday, the government passed a compensation bill.

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“It is something positive against a very sad background,” said Naaja Nathanielsen, center, one of two Greenlanders in Denmark’s Parliament.
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‘I’m Fine With My Body’: Danish Leader Responds to Unsolicited Beauty Advice

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had just returned from Ukraine when she received a message from a plastic surgeon asking if she wanted to fix her nose.

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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen last year. Elected at 41, she is the youngest person in Danish history to be prime minister.
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