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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday apologized for their roles in the past mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women that included forcing contraception upon them, in cases that date back to the 1960s. Nearly 150 Inuit women last year sued Denmark and filed compensation claims against its health ministry, saying Danish health authorities violated their human rights when they fitted them with intrauterine contraceptive devices, commonly known as coils or IUDs. Some of the women \u2014 including many who were teenagers at the time \u2014 were not aware of what happened or did not give their consent. Danish authorities last year said as many as 4,500 women and girls \u2014 reportedly half of the fertile women in Greenland at the time \u2014 received coil implants between… <\/p>\n

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday apologized for their roles in the past mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women that included forcing contraception upon them, in cases that date back to the 1960s. Nearly 150 Inuit women last year sued Denmark and filed compensation claims against its health ministry, saying Danish health authorities violated their human rights when they fitted them with intrauterine contraceptive devices, commonly known as coils or IUDs. Some of the women \u2014 including many who were teenagers at the time \u2014 were not aware of what happened or did not give their consent. Danish authorities last year said as many as 4,500 women and girls \u2014 reportedly half of the fertile women in Greenland at the time \u2014 received coil implants between... <\/p>\n

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