From the 1960s until 1992, Danish authorities forced around 4,500 Inuit women, around half of those of child-bearing age, to wear a contraceptive coil -- or intrauterine device (IUD) -- without their consent. Around 150 of the victims have sued the Danish state for violating their rights and demanded compensation. The scandal is one of several sensitive dossiers tainting Denmark's ties to its autonomous territory, including forced adoptions and the forced removal of Greenlandic Inuit children from their families. Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953 and did not gain home rule until 1979. The Danish state took a first step in 2022 towards mending ties with Greenland's Inuit population.