Overview

• On August 3, La France insoumise filed a resolution in the National Assembly to requisition the entire $10 million USAID contraceptive stock slated for incineration.
• The French health ministry and ANSM say there is no legal basis under European or national law to seize and recover the medical devices.
• The implants, IUDs and other contraceptives are stored at a warehouse in Geel, Belgium, and remain scheduled for destruction in France at an undisclosed location.
• Feminist associations, Greens, Socialists and trade unions have backed petitions with over 10,000 signatures, while Belgian diplomats press Washington for redistribution alternatives.
• Advocates warn that incinerating the stock would endanger hundreds of thousands of women in developing countries who rely on these supplies.