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U.S.-Funded Contraceptives Meant for Crisis Zones Are Headed for the Furnace—Unless Congress Acts
Nearly $10 million worth of U.S.-funded contraceptives—purchased to support women in some of the most desperate places on Earth—are currently sitting in a Belgian warehouse, slated for destruction. The supplies include long-acting contraceptives such as implants and IUDs, as well as birth control pills, many of which remain sealed, viable and do not expire until 2031. According to advocates, there are qualified organizations—including the United…
Deputy Mayor of Saint-Etienne, the grandson of Lucien Neuwirth, author of the law authorizing the pill, arrested Emmanuel Macron to prevent the incineration in France of an American stock of contraceptives intended for developing countries.
The Trump administration's recent decision to destroy a stock of contraceptives worth $9.7 million, initially destined for vulnerable populations, is causing a wave of outrage in the humanitarian world. For sub-Saharan Africa, this measure is much more than a waste: it increases an already critical access to reproductive health, directly threatening the lives of millions of women. The Trump administration's recent decision to destroy a stock of …
France Must Refuse to Destroy Contraceptives Funded by the US
A Trump administration plan to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-financed contraceptives, like the IUD above, could involve France incinerating the products, which were meant to go to women in some of the world’s poorest countries. But a huge public outcry in France and beyond is pointing out that incinerating the contraceptives would “threaten not only women’s health,” as the essayist writes, but also “the legacy of reproductive rights and justi…
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