https://xcancel.com/Matt_Bracken48/status/1883145225817960927 >"Reckoning with Denmark’s Cruel Birth Control Campaign" JANUARY 9, 2024 [article link in first reply to avoid post X-tinction] > "For nearly a decade, the Danish government sought to control Greenland’s population by implanting IUD devices in Inuit girls, often without their consent. Between 1966 and 1970, nearly 4,500 Inuit women, many of them teenagers, had IUDs inserted without their knowledge or consent. This campaign was carried out by Danish to limit Greenland's population growth and thus limit Danish subsidies. An official inquiry is underway to shed light on this period. X-ray showing an IUD, known in Danish as a 'spiral', used during Greenland's Spiralkampagnen sterilization campaign from 1966 to 1975. > "These IUDs were far too large and unsuitable for the bodies of young teenage girls. The youngest women fitted with the IUDS were only 12 years old at the time of insertion. In addition to pain and bleeding, these IUDs were also the cause of serious infections that rendered their victims permanently sterile. The sterilization campaign there was very violent, driven by a [Danish] doctor who adhered closely to the policy. 7th graders, aged 12-13, were sent directly to the hospital by the school nurse. Girls had to line up in turn to receive an IUD. One of the girls rebelled and eventually managed to escape having an IUD implanted—a rare occurrence at the time." https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-12/greenland-inuit-danish-birth-control-iud-campaign