US destroys $9.7m USAID contraceptives meant for Africa

The Trump administration has destroyed contraception products reportedly worth $9.7 million, despite offers from NGOs to purchase or take them, The New York Times reported.

The contraceptives were purchased by the US foreign aid agency USAID under former president Joe Biden to be given to women in some of the world’s poorest countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

The agency was dismantled by President Donald Trump’s administration after he returned to office in January.

The New York Times, citing a USAID spokeswoman, reported on Thursday that the women’s contraception products were destroyed.

It described the products as pills, intrauterine devices and hormonal implants.

Ads by 

“President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world,” the USAID spokeswoman said in the NYT report and described the products as “abortifacient birth control.”