Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has traveled to Greenland to apologize for decades of forced birth control targeting Indigenous women.

In the 1960s and '70s, Denmark's government, which ruled the island as a Danish province, forced thousands of young women in Greenland to have contraceptive devices inserted into their wombs as a form of compulsory birth control. Many of the women were minors, and the devices often caused permanent damage. The program, aimed at curbing population growth, left many with lasting trauma and infertility.

While Denmark has issued an apology, 143 women are suing for compensation, saying the damage cannot be undone.