France assured Friday that it has “no way to requisition” the stocks of female contraceptives that the American administration wishes to destroy
France assured Friday, August 1, having “no way to requisition” the stocks of female contraceptives that the US administration wishes to destroy the Dam of feminist associations which denounce a “immense mess”.
“Insofar as contraceptives are not drugs of major therapeutic interest (MITM) and that in the present case we are not in the context of supply tension, we have no means of requisitioning stocks,” the Ministry of Health told AFP.
According to several Anglo-Saxon media, these contraceptives, the value of which amounts to almost $ 10 million, were to be cremated “at the end of July” in France by a company specializing in the destruction of medical waste
The ministry said they did not have information on the place where these contraceptives must be incined.
Products intended for sub -Saharan Africa
The American administration, engaged in drastic cuts of its humanitarian aid and in an anti-abortion policy, confirmed in mid-July wanting to destroy female contraceptives, essentially implants and IUDs, stored in a warehouse in Belgium.
These products, which were intended for women living in sub -Saharan Africa, came from USAID contracts, the American agency for international development, passed under the chairmanship of Joe Biden.
NGOs, feminist associations, unions and political figures have urged the French government to oppose this “absurd” measure.
