$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

[wing2000]

Millions of dollars’ worth of birth control pills and other contraceptives destined for people in low-income countries have been destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration, the United States Agency for International Development said on Thursday.

The pills, intrauterine devices and hormonal implants, valued at about $9.7 million, had been purchased by the agency before it was largely dismantled earlier this year. They had been stuck in a warehouse in Belgium for months, since the State Department said that contraception was not “lifesaving” and that the United States would no longer fund the purchase of birth control products for low-income nations.

Other countries and the Gates Foundation has offered to accept or pay for the contraceptives. The Trump Administration refused.

“President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world,” the statement said. “The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.”

U.S.A.I.D. is prohibited by law from procuring abortifacients. None of the products held in the warehouse in Belgium were abortifacients, according to inventory lists obtained by The Times. The listed products, such as hormonal implants, stop pregnancy by preventing ovulation or fertilization.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/health/usaid-contraceptives-destroyed-trump.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250912&instance_id=162386&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=6046459&segment_id=205755&user_id=24ee0a2f48a00f7845fccfed4e0edadb

 

[Richard T]

Millions of dollars’ worth of birth control pills and other contraceptives destined for people in low-income countries have been destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration, the United States Agency for International Development said on Thursday.

The pills, intrauterine devices and hormonal implants, valued at about $9.7 million, had been purchased by the agency before it was largely dismantled earlier this year. They had been stuck in a warehouse in Belgium for months, since the State Department said that contraception was not “lifesaving” and that the United States would no longer fund the purchase of birth control products for low-income nations.

Other countries and the Gates Foundation has offered to accept or pay for the contraceptives. The Trump Administration refused.

“President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world,” the statement said. “The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.”

U.S.A.I.D. is prohibited by law from procuring abortifacients. None of the products held in the warehouse in Belgium were abortifacients, according to inventory lists obtained by The Times. The listed products, such as hormonal implants, stop pregnancy by preventing ovulation or fertilization.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/health/usaid-contraceptives-destroyed-trump.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250912&instance_id=162386&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=6046459&segment_id=205755&user_id=24ee0a2f48a00f7845fccfed4e0edadb

That is poor stewardship of taxpayers money. I admit they should not have been bought in the first place, but the US government placed it's own beliefs above their need to recoup the monies. I guess the US government only represesents those that are against all forms of birth control. If that is the case, then perhaps they will be outlawing all birth control in the USA.

 

[wing2000]

That is poor stewardship of taxpayers money. I admit they should not have been bought in the first place, but the US government placed it's own beliefs above their need to recoup the monies. I guess the US government only represesents those that are against all forms of birth control. If that is the case, then perhaps they will be outlawing all birth control in the USA.

Yes, American women should take note. The Government is coming for your birth control.

 

[NxNW]

I guess the US government only represesents those that are against all forms of birth control. If that is the case, then perhaps they will be outlawing all birth control in the USA.

That's been the GOP's goal for years.

 

[wing2000]

...birth control for world's poorest women is dubbed "coercive reproductive pracitices"

"A draft memo prepared by veteran U.S.A.I.D. staff members who had worked on family planning programs through multiple administrations recommended that Mr. Lewin sell the products to the United Nations Population Fund because it would recoup at least $7 million and incur no further cost to taxpayers. The other options presented including selling to other organizations or donating the products.
Using the acronym USG for U.S. government, that memo noted that the cost of destruction “is estimated to be a loss of $9.9 M in USG funding,” and said that was “coupled with an estimated $167,000 in destruction costs.”
“Additional funding will likely have to be obligated to cover the destruction costs,” the memo said.

However, political appointees at U.S.A.I.D. instead presented a different memo recommending that the materials be destroyed “due to the absence of eligible buyers” and to avoid contravening an administration directive “halting support to organizations involved in coercive reproductive practices.”

Fourteen minutes after receiving that memo, Mr. Lewin ordered the destruction.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

That's been the GOP's goal for years.

The sad thing, is it punish men and women. Men usually don't want children. A lot of abortions happen, because of men not wanting a kid. And to honest. I'm sure women were using BC when they had sex with Trump. Or Trump would have had more kids.

 

[Chrystal-J]

Yes, American women should take note. The Government is coming for your birth control.

They can take it. Those chemical contraceptives reek havoc on your body.

 

[Richard T]

That's been the GOP's goal for years.

I guess I was ignorant concerning the plans of some to remove birth control. Almost 100 Percent of U.S. Women Use Contraception—So Why Doesn't Birth Control Have More Republican Support?

 

[Servus]

Yes, American women should take note. The Government is coming for your birth control.

In this case more like the government won't pay for their birth control.

 

[Servus]

That is poor stewardship of taxpayers money. I admit they should not have been bought in the first place, but the US government placed it's own beliefs above their need to recoup the monies. I guess the US government only represesents those that are against all forms of birth control. If that is the case, then perhaps they will be outlawing all birth control in the USA.

Not wanting to issue government supplied birth control is a different kettle of fish from outlawing it. As for poor countries, there's nothing stopping EU / NATO nations from supplying them with birth control and whatnot.

 

[Richard T]

If the USA government sold them to the Gates Foundation, then they are not the suppliers. I agree that the US government should never have bought them in the first place.

 

[wing2000]

Not wanting to issue government supplied birth control is a different kettle of fish from outlawing it. As for poor countries, there's nothing stopping EU / NATO nations from supplying them with birth control and whatnot.

European countries offered to purchase the birth control supplies. The US Government refused, instead chosing to spend more of our tax money to destroy it.

 

[Servus]

European countries offered to purchase the birth control supplies. The US Government refused, instead chosing to spend more of our tax money to destroy it.

Can't the European countries mange to deal with it directly on their own? Does the US have to be involved in every last detail of what goes on in the world?

 

[wing2000]

Can't the European countries mange to deal with it directly their own? Does the US have to be involved in every last detail of what goes on in the world?

The point was, the U.S. intentionally destroyed $10 million of birth control suppolies....that's $10 million of our tax money.