The government will not wait for reports on legal liability in the spiral case.

Politics

Rapporter om Danmarks ansvar i spiralsag kommer få dage efter, at Folketinget har lovbehandlet godtgørelse.

Sundheds- og kirkeminister Ida Auken (S) vil ikke risikere, at tingene trækker i langdrag. (Foto: © Nikolai Linares, Ritzau Scanpix)

By Ritzau ([email protected]) 56 minutes ago

The government will not wait for two reports before the Danish Parliament passes compensation for Greenlandic women in the IUD case.

This is what Minister of Health Ida Auken (S) says, after one of the experts behind one of the reports has urged the Danish Parliament to wait until the reports are published.

- For us, it has been absolutely crucial that we do not drag anything out. The women have waited long enough, says Ida Auken to Ritzau after the first reading on Friday.

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In August, the Danish Parliament is processing a bill that will grant compensation of 300,000 kroner to Greenlandic women who had an IUD inserted without consent or without sufficient consent.

At the same time, the Greenlandic government has had two reports pending for several months, which among other things examine Denmark's legal responsibility in the case.

The reports have not yet been published.

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> One could risk delaying things very significantly if one acts differently.

> Ida Auken, Minister of Health (S)

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Risk of significant delay

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In Berlingske, the Danish Parliament is urged to postpone the legislative process by lawyer Jonas Christoffersen, who is one of the authors behind one of the reports that has yet to be published.

But the Minister of Health immediately rejects this.

- Our goal is to compensate those women, and there is a comprehensive account that is the basis for our decision, she says.

- One could risk delaying things very significantly if one acts differently. So I think the prudent thing from the government's side is to get the law processed now and pay out the compensation to the women, she says.

However, she does not rule out that the Danish Parliament could postpone the legislative process, which concludes on 27 August.

In a written response to Berlingske, the Department for Children, Youth, Justice and Equality in Nuuk states that the two reports will be published at the "end of August."

If the reports point to a broader responsibility, more affected individuals, or more serious violations, the minister is not opposed to having to address the matter again.

A possible postponement for these reasons was not part of the debate during the first reading on Friday.

RITZAU

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