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Roselyne Min

Denmark to offer payouts to Greenlandic women subject to forced contraception

The Danish government will offer payouts to Greenlandic women who were given birth control without their knowledge or consent.

Last year, 143 women in Greenland who claim they were forcibly fitted with contraceptive intrauterine devices (IUDs) as early as the 1960s sued Denmark, which was responsible for Greenland's health care system until 1992.

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