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Reports split over whether forced contraception of Greenlandic women and girls constituted genocide
- Two independent reports conflicted on whether decades‑long forcible contraception of thousands of Greenlandic Inuit women and girls (IUDs and injections, 1960s–1990s) amounts to genocide; Greenland accepted only one report and made no definitive public ruling.
- Denmark has apologized and approved compensation of 300,000 kroner (about $46,500) per victim, and Greenland plans to set up a reconciliation commission.
- The revelations have shaken Denmark–Greenland relations and come as geopolitical attention on Greenland grows (including past U.S. interest), though Greenlandic and Danish leaders say the island is not for sale.
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