British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday that Danish Prime Minister Fraserickson apologized to the indigenous women of Greenland who had been forced into contraception in Greenland’s capital, Nouk. At the apology scene, Fraserickson said: “Dear ladies, dear family, dear Greenland.
According to the report, this apology stems from an official investigation report published earlier this month: as of 1970, a total of 4,070 Greenlandic women had been fitted with intrauterine IUD rings without their knowledge or consent, accounting for about half of the total number of women of childbearing age in Greenland at that time, and the youngest victim was only 12 years old. The report also shows that hundreds of patients who underwent this operation have related complications. Over the years, many people have been reluctant to tell their experiences because they are "ashamed" and "have no chance to express their thoughts". The Washington Post said on the 25th that as early as the early 1960s, Copenhagen tried to limit Greenland's population growth in this way, because its population survival still depends on the Danish government to pay for infrastructure construction, housing security and education investment.
In the face of the Danish Prime Minister’s apology, some of the Greenland women in the office wiped tears and some sat face-to-face. The local residents said that the women who long called for apology were delighted that Fraserickson personally came to Nook to apologize, but were also frustrated that the apology was delayed for so long. During the apology, a woman even painted a black strip on her face and stood back to protest against Fraserickson, she said: “If the Prime Minister has refused to apologize for years until business and political interests have been involved, such an apology is not honest.”
According to BBC analysis, Fredericksen's apology was made against the background of increasingly stringent scrutiny and increasing international pressure on Denmark-Greenland relations. Especially after US President Trump repeatedly proposed to "buy Greenland", the significance of this move became more prominent.
At present, addressing the historic issue of women’s birth compensation and the recent reality of “a young Greenland mother being forced to separate from her newborn daughter” has become an urgent task for the Danish government to restore relations with Greenland.