Between the 1960s and mid-1970s, thousands of Inuit women and girls in Greenland were fitted with intrauterine devices (IUDs) as part of a state-sponsored birth control program. Many of these procedures were performed without the patients' informed consent or knowledge. Recent expert investigations have now formally concluded that these actions constituted a clear violation of human rights and bodily autonomy.

While the reports agree on the nature of the harm inflicted, they stop short of a consensus regarding the classification of the program as genocide. The Danish and Greenlandic governments have announced the establishment of a formal truth commission to further investigate the historical context and long-term impacts of the campaign. This commission is tasked with reviewing the medical records and personal testimonies of survivors to determine the full scope of the state's involvement.

Disagreement persists regarding the intent behind the program. Some advocates and survivors argue that the systematic nature of the IUD campaign, which targeted a specific ethnic group, fits the international legal definition of genocide. Conversely, some government officials and legal experts maintain that while the actions were unethical and coercive, they do not meet the specific criteria required to be labeled as genocide under international law. The upcoming truth commission is expected to provide a more definitive historical account, though it remains to be seen if it will resolve the debate over the legal terminology used to describe these historical abuses.