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Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as twelve, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb, often without consent

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: healthcare, denmark.greenland, indigenous peoples, inuit.greenlandic, rights.womens, health.reproductive, contraceptives, birth control, iud, policy.social, population control, government, personal histories, women, author.elaine jung, source.bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63863088

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Title
'Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent'
Published
Dec 8 2022
Word count
1851 words

4 comments

  1. mieum
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    Good lord this is horrifying.

    Good lord this is horrifying.

    7 votes
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    Bullmaestro
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    This is the kind of barbaric control over a woman's uterus that I'd expect from fundamentalist lawmakers elsewhere in the world, not from a Danish colony.

    This is the kind of barbaric control over a woman's uterus that I'd expect from fundamentalist lawmakers elsewhere in the world, not from a Danish colony.

    7 votes
    1. smoontjes
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      Denmark is nowhere near as progressive as our image would lead you to believe. We very recently had debates about whether or not blackface is racist. We are a very culturally conservative country...

      Denmark is nowhere near as progressive as our image would lead you to believe.

      We very recently had debates about whether or not blackface is racist. We are a very culturally conservative country for the most part.

      7 votes
  3. DonQuixote
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    After reading Smilla's Sense of Snow, possibly one of the best novels I've read, nothing would surprise me coming out of Greenland, especially abusing the Inuit population.

    After reading Smilla's Sense of Snow, possibly one of the best novels I've read, nothing would surprise me coming out of Greenland, especially abusing the Inuit population.

    2 votes