She was given the “hardest job under heaven”: upholding birth limits enforced by often brutal local officials. She came to support softening the policy, then abolishing it.
Tag: Birth Control and Family Planning
As Belgium Races to Save U.S.A.I.D. Contraception, Some Supplies Are Reported Ruined
The Belgian government is in talks with the Trump administration to save birth control stranded in a warehouse, but another shipment has been incorrectly stored.
With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception
Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.
With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception
Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.
With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception
Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.
With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception
Some Greenlanders asked why an apology had not come decades earlier, and chalked up the timing to tensions over President Trump’s aim of annexing the island.
Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed
Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
Denmark Forced Contraception on Greenlandic Girls, a Scathing Report Confirms
Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices into thousands of women and girls in Greenland, often without their consent or knowledge, a scandal that has reinforced a legacy of colonial abuses.
Denmark Apologizes After Involuntary Birth Control Scandal in Greenland
For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment.