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‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women
Exclusive: Territory’s government calls for visit to listen to those thought to be living with consequences of forced fitting of IUDs
The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said.
In an attempt to reduce the population of the former Danish colony, at least 4,500 women and girls are believed to have undergone the medical procedure, usually without their consent or knowledge, at the hands of Danish doctors between 1966 and 1970 alone.
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Construction boss accused of bribing Russian minister as scandal widens
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