Przeprosiny Danii i Grenlandii za skandal z niechcianymi środkami antykoncepcyjnymi
Dania i Grenlandia przepraszają za niechciane umieszczanie środków antykoncepcyjnych u kobiet i dziewcząt z Grenlandii. To skandaliczne praktyki z lat 60. i 70. XX wieku, które spotkały się z oburzeniem.
Denmark and Greenland officially apologize for the scandal involving the involuntary placement of contraceptives among thousands of women and girls from Greenland. This practice primarily occurred during the 1960s and 1970s, as the Danish government sought to reduce the population growth in Greenland.
"We cannot change what has happened," writes Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. "But we can take responsibility. Therefore, on behalf of Denmark, I express my apologies." Frederiksen acknowledges that this scandal has caused significant anger and grief among many Greenlanders.
The Prime Minister offers her apologies for incidents that occurred up to 1991. After 1992, Denmark was no longer responsible for Greenland's healthcare system. Greenland's Prime Minister, Múte Bourup Egede, also apologized for incidents that took place after Greenland took over healthcare responsibilities. This former Danish colony has had some autonomy since 1979.
Revelation
The Danish podcast Spiralkampagnen revealed three years ago that approximately 4,500 Inuit women and girls were subjected to the placement of contraceptive spirals without their consent. This represented about half of the roughly 9,000 fertile women and girls in Greenland during the 1960s and 1970s.
It remains unclear how many of those women consciously consented to the placement of the spiral. Over the years, more reports about this issue have surfaced in both Danish and Greenlandic media.
There have been calls for official apologies for years, as reported by the Danish public broadcaster DR. Additionally, last year, 143 Inuit women filed a lawsuit against Denmark, claiming that the Danish healthcare system violated their human rights by placing a spiral or contraceptive rod without consent.
Three years ago, the BBC reported that spirals were also placed without consent even after 1991, based on testimonies from individuals who experienced this.
The Danish and Greenlandic governments agreed to conduct an investigation into what exactly transpired between 1960 and 1991, with results expected on September 1.
