i was maybe 13 years old when they gave me coil when it was put inside me. it felt like i was dead. i felt like my body was colonised. they i felt like my body was colonised. they violated my rights. the details of this dark chapter in their relationship only emerged this year. half the fertile population at the time were potentially affected. families quickly went from having an average of seven children to 2.3. the birth rates in some of those small villages, well, it just almost disappeared. no, no child was born in those years. - it s almost impossible to imagine. babienne left the hospital without a coil and fell pregnant within months. but for her and increasing numbers of other women, the independent inquiry into this
an average of seven children to 2.3. the birth rates in some of those small villages, well, it just almost disappeared. no, no child was born in those years. it s almost impossible to imagine. babienne left the hospital without a coil and fell pregnant within months. but for her and increasing numbers of other women, the independent inquiry into this doesn t go far enough. i would like that the investigation doesn t stop with 1991, but continues today. the bbc has gathered multiple accounts from women across greenland who have spoken of receiving various forms of contraception without their consent. greenland s health minister has asked their national health board to look into the extent of the issue and whether it s tied to old practices. at a vigil women are now speaking up, but they re waiting for answers and hoping forjustice. elaine yung, bbc news, greenland.
what happened next. when i went to the doctor s room, there were two doctors and when they were about to put it in, they both began whispering to each other. and from that i could feel something was wrong. to her complete disbelief, the doctors told her she already had a coil and removed it to show her. i remember the tears just rolling down my cheeks and i told them that i could not understand how i already had a call in me. i could not understand how i already had a coill in me. she believes that when she had an abortion at the age of 16 in 2004, those involved in the procedure must have inserted the coil without her consent. the greenlandic and danish governments have launched an independent investigation into a danish birth control scandal. at least 4500 women had an iud fitted between the mid 60s and early 70s, often as young girls without consent from them or their parents. this woman was one of them.
him. more on that story is always on a website for sub and updates i would bring you on outside source. denmark and greenland have formally agreed to launch a two year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out on inuit greenlanders for many years. thousands of women and girls were secretly fitted with contraceptive coils during the 1960s and 70s. as elainejung reports, the bbc has discovered the procedure may still be going on. some viewers may find the following report distressing. thousands of women in greenland are looking for answers. every time i would get my period and i didn t conceive, i would cry every time. this woman recalls her struggle to conceive. desperate for a baby but needing a break she went to a doctor in 2009 to get a coil fitted, hoping it would ultimately boost her fertility. she wasn t expecting
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