US EditionWomen's Rights Activists Rally in Belgium Fearing US Plans for Birth Control Supplies
The Trump administration's plan aligns with Project 2025, risking 362,000 unwanted pregnancies and 700 maternal deaths, according to the Guttmacher Institute and activists.
- Women's rights activists rallied near the US Embassy in Brussels to protest plans by the Trump administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women in Africa.
- The $9 million stockpile, funded by US taxpayers, was intended for women in war zones or refugee camps and its destruction could result in 362,000 unwanted pregnancies and over 700 deaths.
- Belgium has been trying to prevent the supplies' destruction, including moving them out of the warehouse, as the regional government in Flanders has a ban on incinerating reusable goods.
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Despite the initiatives of the Belgian authorities, Washington opposes the use or resale of its stockpiles of contraceptives and antiretrovirals from the former US agency, stored in Belgium.
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Women's rights activists rally in Belgium fearing US plans for birth control supplies
Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump's administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa.
Trump Admin Furthers Fascist Agenda, Destroys USAID Contraceptives
Source: JOEL NITO / Getty As reports emerge of the Trump administration destroying a nearly $10 million contraceptive stockpile in Belgium, the right’s war on rights and freedoms, and the general reckless disregard for human life are on full display. The stockpile has been in limbo since the Trump administration’s rapid defunding of USAID earlier this year. Belgian authorities have denied the destruction, pointing to a local ordinance that requ…
Dozens of women's advocates demonstrated Thursday near the US embassy in Brussels to protest the Trump administration's plans to destroy millions of dollars in birth control supplies for women living in difficult conditions in Africa.
BLK ALERTS - Trump Admin Furthers Fascist Agenda, Destroys USAID Contraceptives
Source: JOEL NITO / Getty As reports emerge of the Trump administration destroying a nearly $10 million contraceptive stockpile in Belgium, the right’s war on rights and freedoms, and the general reckless disregard for human life are on full display. The stockpile has been in limbo since the Trump administration’s rapid defunding of USAID earlier this year. Belgian authorities have denied the destruction, pointing to a local ordinance that requ…
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