US EditionUS-funded contraceptives worth $10M for poor nations to be burned in France: Report
UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – The Trump administration is incinerating $9.7 million in contraceptives due to the Mexico City Policy despite offers to redistribute supplies to poor nations, costing taxpayers $160,000.
- On Wednesday, U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being transported from Belgium to be incinerated at a medical waste facility in France, Reuters on Wednesday reports.
- Held since January 2025 in Geel, Belgium after a Trump aid freeze and USAID closure, the stocks remained bound by a reinstated Mexico City Policy, Reuters sources say.
- Transporting the stocks demands multiple truckloads over two weeks, with the U.S. government spending $160,000 to burn $9.7 million in contraceptives, according to Reuters.
- Sarah Shaw at MSI said `This is clearly not about saving money.`, while the United Nations Population Fund offered to buy the stocks outright.
- Despite legislative efforts, aid groups doubt timely passage, as U.S. lawmakers introduced two bills this month to halt the destruction.
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Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives
Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives MSF condemns the decision to destroy these critical medical supplies, which will have devastating consequences for the communities where we work. Kate Rankin July 24 2025, 8:30am Media reports state that these supplies were purchased and ready to be shipped to fragile and conflict-affected regions.“Contraceptives are essential and lifesaving health products,” said Avril Benoît, …
The stocks have remained unused in a warehouse in Belgium and are now sent to France to be incinerated in order not to be delivered to people who cannot access it. The UN and some governments have tried to intervene, but without success
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