Denmark’s history of forced birth control in Greenland
A decades-long reckoning over a Danish-run birth-control program in Greenland, known as the “spiral case” (‘spiral’ is the Danish word for IUD), moved from secrecy to survivor testimony, legal action and finally a formal apology. On August 27, 2025 Denmark apologized to affected women and girls for forced IUD insertions dating back to the 1960s. Below you can read a timeline of this harrowing saga.
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