Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) cried when, in 2019, she apologized to the former children of orphanages who were subjected to neglect at facilities including the boys' home Godhavn. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister's Office announced that the Prime Minister will also apologize to the Greenlandic women in the spiral case. (Archive photo). Photo: Thomas Lekfeldt/Ritzau Scanpix
Mette Frederiksen apologizes to Greenlandic women in IUD case
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized to Greenlandic women and girls subjected to systematic discrimination in the “IUD case” when Denmark managed Greenland’s healthcare until 1992. The IUD case involved contraceptive IUDs being inserted into Greenlandic women and girls without...
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