Trump Would Rather Let Birth Control Expire Than Give It to Africans as Aid

The Trump administration is allowing a stockpile of nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives to expire in a Belgian warehouse, despite pleas from nonprofit organizations to deliver them to low-income women primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. The contraceptives, including IUDs, implants, and birth control pills, were originally intended for distribution by the US Agency for International Development but were dismantled by Trump. The medication could provide pregnancy prevention to approximately 1.6 million women. The administration is using time as a weapon to destroy the medical aid, with some products set to expire by mid-2026. Nonprofit organizations have offered to distribute the contraceptives at no cost to the US government, but the administration has refused, citing ideology rather than financial concerns.