# Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights but was not genocide, experts find

https://mins.news/en/item/35802

- Reuters, 2026-08-28 14:45 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/forced-birth-control-greenland-violated-womens-rights-didnt-constitute-genocide-2026-08-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a919eff0602a6000171f79b

> Two expert reports published on Friday concluded that a forced contraception campaign carried out mainly in Greenland during the 1960s and 1970s violated women’s human rights, but did not satisfy the legal definition of genocide.

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