Denmark Will Pay Compensation to Women Who Had Iuds Inserted without Their Consent.
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Denmark has reached a parliamentary agreement to compensate Greenlandic women who were subjected to involuntary birth control procedures for decades. The campaign, discovered in 2022, revealed that thousands of women and girls (some as young as 13 years old) were implanted with IUD without their knowledge or consent between 1966 and 1991. Under the new agreement, according to Reuters, each eligible woman will receive DKK 300,000 (approximately E…
The Danish state plans to pay compensation to Greenlandic women due to the IUD scandal. The contraceptive IUD was inserted into thousands of women without their consent or knowledge. The women fear that little will be done. A dark chapter in a shared history The so-called IUD scandal is one of the most difficult and sensitive issues that has arisen in relations between Denmark and Greenland in recent years, and it is uncertain whether this measu…
This has been announced by the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health, through a statement in which its headline, Sophie Lohde, has admitted that "the case of the IUD (IntraUterine Device) is a dark chapter" in the "shared history" between Greenland and Denmark. "It has had serious consequences for Greenlandian women, who have suffered physical and psychological damage, and who still today impact on the perception of Denmark and the Kingdom"…
Denmark will pay compensation to women who had IUDs inserted without their consent.
The Danish state will pay individual compensation of 300,000 kroner to women who received an IUD and the contraceptive injection Depo Provera without consent, while the healthcare system was under Danish responsibility.
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