Overview
- Some contraceptive shipments began leaving the USAID stockpile in Geel 36 hours ago but their destination and fate remain unconfirmed.
- The U.S. State Department approved incineration of $9.7 million worth of abortifacient contraceptives at a projected cost of $167,000 under the reinstated Mexico City Policy.
- International Planned Parenthood Federation, MSI Reproductive Choices and UNFPA offered to repackage and redistribute the supplies at no cost but were turned down by U.S. authorities.
- Belgium’s foreign affairs ministry is in urgent contact with U.S. officials to explore temporary relocation or alternative solutions for the stockpile.
- France’s health ministry has backed Belgium’s intervention and a petition of over 10,000 signatures urges President Macron to stop the planned destruction.