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.

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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.

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$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.

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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.

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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.

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As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.

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Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.

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Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant

A little-noticed plan for an “infertility training center” signals that the administration intends to take a new approach with Title X, which has long helped low-income women access contraception.

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Vietnam Abolishes Two-Child Policy

Even though the regulation was loosely enforced, the nation’s birthrate fell to a record low last year.

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Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Father of the Abortion Pill, Is Dead at 98

He became an advocate of a woman’s right to choose and once said, “It is always tragic when politics takes the most vulnerable hostage — in this case, women.”

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