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These contraceptives. However, “always usable”, were intended for “low or intermediate income countries” as part of USAID programs, the American agency for development dismantled by Donald Trump. In addition,
Published the 26/07/2025 14:03
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They denounce “An intolerable sanitary and financial waste”. Female contraceptives stored by the United States in Belgium will be cremated in France while they are “Always usable”Alert Ecologists in an open letter to Emmanuel Macron. to whom they claim to intervene in an emergency to prevent their destruction on Saturday 26 July.
These means of contraception. mainly implants and IUDs, were intended for “Countries with low or intermediary income within the framework of the American agency for international development” programs “ (USAID), dismantled by the Trump administration, write the ecological elected officials. The stock value is estimated at almost $ 9 million. according to the British daily The Guardian which had revealed the American project on July 18.
“They are always usable (with expiration dates up to 2031) and are actively sought by players in the field (…) who have declared themselves ready to recover them at their expense”point the Ecologists. But a spokesperson for the State Department confirmed to AFP that “Preliminary decision was made to destroy certain abortive contraceptive products from USAID contracts”ensuring that “Only a limited number of products has been approved to be destroyed”at a cost of $ 167. 000.
“Lacking contraceptive aid is a shame, destroying products already manufactured and funded is even more mind -blowing.”
Marine Tondelier. National Secretary of Ecologiststo l’fp
Ecologists ask the Head of State “As part of a joint initiative with the contraceptives stored united states will European Commission” to request the suspension of this destruction, and to support “Explicitly” humanitarian organizations that have said “Ready to redistribute these contraceptives”. The chef des France Insoumise (LFI) Mathilde Panot also urged Emmanuel Macron. Prime Minister François Bayrou “Act to prevent this destruction that will cost lives”in a message published on X.
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