Reposted by Aman Azhar
The horrors of #IndianBoardingSchools cont'd: Britta Mortensen was forced to have an IUD implanted without her parents’ knowledge, while living at a boarding school in Greenland, 1974. The IUD campaign was part of a “modernization” period in post-colonial Greenland.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/w...
nytimes.com
They Were Given IUDs as Children Without Their Consent. Now, They Want Compensation.
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland say Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices without their consent. They are now seeking damages from the Danish government.