Learn English: Denmark's Apology for Greenland's Contraception Scandal (hard)

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Denmark's Apology for Greenland's Contraception Scandal

Denmark formally apologized for a past campaign of forced contraception inflicted upon thousands of Greenlandic women.

This government-sponsored program, spanning the 1960s and 70s, involved the coerced insertion of birth control devices.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen acknowledged the systematic discrimination and resulting physical and psychological harm.

While acknowledging the irreversible past, the apology aims to address the profound suffering caused by the actions.

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Original: BBC News

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#Greenland #Denmark #Forced Contraception #Colonialism #Human Rights

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