18/09/2026
The Female Quotient® with .repost
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For decades, thousands of Inuit women and girls in Greenland were subjected to forced contraception without their knowledge or consent. Some were only 12 years old.
Beginning in the 1960s, Danish health authorities carried out what became known as the “Coil Campaign,” an effort to reduce Greenland’s growing birth rate. Around 4,500 women and girls were fitted with IUDs, while others were given contraceptive injections. Cases of nonconsensual contraception continued through 1991, just before Greenland took control of its healthcare system in 1992.
Eventually, women began coming forward and sharing their stories. More than 350 ultimately shared their experiences, helping bring a history that had gone largely unacknowledged into public view. Their stories led to investigations, lawsuits and growing calls for accountability. Two investigations concluded that the practices violated the women’s human rights.
Denmark formally apologized in 2025, and in 2026 approved compensation of 300,000 Danish kroner, about $46,500, for each eligible victim. No amount of compensation can undo what these women endured. But their willingness to speak made sure this history could no longer remain hidden. Their stories deserve to be heard, their pain acknowledged, and what happened to them remembered.
