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Millions of dollars in IUDs and a contraceptive plan stored in Belgium could soon be cremated in France after a decision by the United States. The contraceptives were initially intended for women in low -income countries.
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Destroying rather than distributing is the latest decision of the Trump administration. Nearly $ 10 million in contraceptive products should be destroyed in France in the coming days. Implants and IUDs were part of the USAID stocks, the American agency for international development. Deemed ineffective and too expensive by the Trump administration, she was dismantled last February. The products were intended for low -income countries. The objective was to facilitate access to contraception.
With this decision, Donald Trump affirms his anti-abortion policy. “First of all, this would violate our Mexico City policy concerning the use of abortions, but also the use of certain elements which could be used in a sort of forced sterilization framework that certain countries apply, which we will not facilitate either,” said Tammy Bruce, spokesperson for the American State Department.
The associations denounce a real waste because the products can be used until 2031. They try to find solutions to avoid this destruction. “The MSI and the family schedule have negotiated and proposed to the US government to buy them to distribute them in the countries that need it most. MSF asked whether the provisions could be distributed to the Ministry of Health in the countries that are most affected by the reduction of American aid,” said Rasha Khoury, president of Doctors Without USA.
On the side of the French political class, the environmentalists sent an open letter last Saturday to Emmanuel Macron and asked him to intervene urgently. For the time being, the name of the French company which should destroy the products remains unknown.
