This American decision is “an affront to the fundamental principles of solidarity, public health and sexual and reproductive rights that France has committed to defend”, they add, urging Emmanuel Macron to “not making himself an accomplice, even indirectly, of retrograde policies”.
“A deliberately irresponsible act”: the Trump administration will destroy female contraceptives stored in Belgium
“Lacking contraceptive aid is a shame, destroying products already manufactured and funded is even more mind -blowing,” was indignant Marine Mournier with AFP.
The Ecologists ask the Head of State “within the framework of a joint initiative with the European Commission” to request the suspension of this destruction. They also wish that he “explicitly” supports humanitarian organizations who said they were “ready to redistribute these contraceptives”.
The chef of the represented France Insoumise (LFI) Mathilde Panot also urged Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister François Bayrou to “act to prevent this destruction which will cost lives”, in a message published on X. “These resources are vital especially for the 218 million women who do not have access to contraceptive care”, she wrote.
Trump waged a war against women around the world
The story has been revealed by The Guardian and, according to press information, these contraceptives are stored in Belgium and must be cremated in France.
The Trump administration recently admitted to having destroyed tons of food for children with malnutrition because this food was out of date.
These cases intervene at a time when the United States is drastically revising its international aid, the Congress having suppressed on July 18, some $ 9 billion in aid intended mainly abroad.
The Trump administration also ended the USAID, which was integrated into the State Department, returning thousands of employees, and eliminated a series of programs promoting family planning or abortion.
