Overview

• The State Department confirmed a preliminary decision to destroy IUDs and implants sourced from terminated Biden-era USAID contracts at a French facility for $167,000
• The $9.7 million stockpile has been stored in Belgium since President Trump disbanded USAID and reinstated the Mexico City Policy in January
• French Green leader Marine Tondelier and LFI’s Mathilde Panot urged President Macron and the European Commission to block the burn and back redistribution initiatives
• Doctors Without Borders and the UN Population Fund offered to cover shipping costs and purchase the contraceptives but received no approval from US authorities
• Belgium’s foreign ministry engaged in diplomatic talks on temporary relocation options but was unable to secure a viable alternative to the planned destruction