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Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests

Danish authorities removed a Greenlandic newborn after a banned cultural bias parenting test was used, sparking protests and calls for reform from Indigenous rights groups.

  • On August 11, Ivana Nikoline Brønlund, an 18-year-old Greenlandic woman, delivered her daughter Aviaja-Luuna at a hospital near Copenhagen, but Danish officials removed the infant from her care just one hour after birth.
  • The removal followed a parenting competence test administered during pregnancy, despite a ban on such tests for Inuit parents that took effect in May 2025.
  • Critics argue these psychometric tests fail to capture real-life parenting skills or cultural context, leading to misclassification of capable Indigenous parents as unfit.
  • Brønlund has limited supervised visits twice a month lasting two hours, and her appeal against the child removal will be heard on September 16, while protests occur across Greenland, Denmark, and Iceland.
  • The case has reignited debate over Denmark's use of such tests, colonial legacy in child welfare, and the need for reforms balancing child safety with respect for Indigenous family rights.
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A new law prohibiting the use of these controversial psychometric assessments in people of Greenlandic origin and the decision has sparked protests inside and outside the country

·Spain
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Lean Right

Since May, in Denmark, "parent competence tests" have been banned for Greenland families because they are racist. Nevertheless, after such a test by a mother with Greenlandic roots, authorities take away her baby.

Center

A mother lost custody of her child just an hour after her birth following a controversial test of parenting skills, which is not supposed to have been passed by Greenlandese people, as is the mother of the child. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Lean Left

Danish authorities adopted the baby, although a law since this year prohibits testing people with Greenlandic backgrounds. Protests in Greenland, Denmark, Iceland and Ireland are planned.

·Germany
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For lawyers, such examinations are considered culturally unfit for the people of the Arctic and therefore racist. The decision has provoked protests...

·Turin, Italy
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De Morgen broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
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