Denmark to Compensate Greenlandic Women for Involuntary Birth Control
Denmark to Compensate Greenlandic Women for Involuntary Birth Control
LN24 / 17 seconds
December 10, 2025
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Denmark has reached a political agreement to offer individual compensation to Greenlandic women subjected to a long-running involuntary birth control program. The initiative followed the 2022 disclosure of records showing that thousands of women and girls, some as young as 13, were fitted with intrauterine devices without consent between 1966 and 1991, before Greenland gained control of its healthcare system.
Each eligible woman will be able to receive 300,000 Danish crowns (about $46,750) through a reconciliation fund. Applicants must demonstrate that they lived in Greenland or attended boarding school in Denmark during the period in question.
Officials described the compensation plan as a long-overdue step toward acknowledging past injustices. A formal apology was issued in 2023, and the program is part of broader efforts to improve relations between Denmark and Greenland.
Applications will open in April 2026, with roughly 4,500 women potentially qualifying. First payments are expected in autumn 2026.
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