Denmark apologizes to the victims

Denmark Prime Minister Metty Friedrixen has issued a long -awaited apology to green women and their families affected by what he called “systematic discrimination” during the contraceptive campaign.

During the sixties and seventies of the last century, thousands of women and girls were equipped with Anuet, as they were provided with birth control devices, as part of the birth control program run by Danish doctors.

“We cannot change what happened. But we can take responsibility,” Friedriksen said of the scandal.

She said, “On behalf of Denmark, I would like to say sorry,” admitting that the victims “suffered from physical and psychological harm.”

The size of the birth control program was highlighted in 2022, by the investigation podcast called The spiral campaign File campaign.

The device used commonly known as the file and is placed inside the uterus, or the uterus, to prevent pregnancy.

In the past few years, many women have advanced to say they are equipped with an IUD device without their knowledge or consent.

A few of them were previously aware of the birth control campaign, and reports were shocked and angry.

Records from the national archives showed that between 1966 and 1970, 4,500 women, some of which were 13 years old, had planted the IUD.

Among these, it is unclear the number of cases that lack approval. However, dozens of women have advanced the exchange of painful personal accounts and others left sterile.

A group of 143 women has since filed a lawsuit against the Danish state, which demands compensation: 138 of them were under the age of 18 at that time.

The use of birth control was so wide that population growth in Greenland was slowly slowing.

Speaking on Danish television last December, former Greenland Prime Minister Mute B egede said it was “genocide.”

An official investigation was launched, and the results will be issued next month, after two years of investigation.

“Although we do not have the full picture, it shows a serious impression of the government, as many green women unanimously informed that they were subjected to ill -treatment by the Danish health care system,” said Friedrixen.

One of the victims, Henriete Peresteen, said she was happy to apologize, even if it was late.

Naja Labrith, a psychologist, told the BBC in a previous interview that it was 100 % clear that the government broke the law by “violating our human rights and causing serious harm.”

“The apology is, of course, and it makes my customer happy. This is part of what they need,” Mads Brajamg, a lawyer who represents women, told the BBC.

He added: “(What) We did not hear anything about it, if they also admit or agree that this was a violation of human rights.”

Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, and did not get a ruling on its soil until 1979, but Copenhagen continued to supervise the health care system, before Greenland held responsibility in 1992.

A few cases of coercive contraceptives have occurred after this time, and in late 2018, previously mentioned.

Prime Minister Greenland Jenns Friedrich Nielsen said his government also recognized its responsibility, but said on Facebook that the time was officially apologized.

“For a long time, the victims were silent … with death. It is sad that the apology is now only – it’s too late.”

“We cannot change what happened. But we can take responsibility for the fact that the truth comes out, and that this responsibility is placed in the place to which it belongs. The next investigation will appear completely the attacks and helps to ensure that there is absolutely no such again.”

Mette Frederiksen acknowledged that the case caused “anger and sadness for many Greenland and many families” and attached Denmark’s perceptions.

This issue is one of the many differences that involve the Danish treatment of Graphlands, including forced adoption, removing the children of Inet from their families, and the father by the father, who shook the relations between the Arctic lands and Copenhagen, and contributed to the calls of independence.

Greenland and Denmark agreed to investigate the file scandal in 2022. At that time BBC said The logical basis for politics was partially financial, but also the result of colonial positions.

After World War II, the small Greenland population stumbled and by 1970 it was almost doubled. Mr. Road said that Denmark wanted to limit the growth of the population, adding that this reduces the “challenges of providing housing and luxury services.”

AAJA Chemnitz, Greenland’s deputy in the Danish Parliament, welcomed an apology and told BBC that it is important for both the Green and Danish community to be closed.

“These different cases are not historical, but they are already. These are people who live today, and those who are affected by this.”

“We also need to focus on compensation for women,” she said. “Of course, we will look at the report. We will follow politically.”