US Destruction of Contraceptives: Greens Call on Macron to Intervene Urgently

These contraceptive methods (implants, IUDs) worth $9.7 million are intended for "low- and middle-income countries as part of the programs of the United States Agency for International Development" (USAID), dismantled by the Trump administration, they write in this letter, signed by the head of the Greens, Marine Tondelier, and several female parliamentarians.

This American decision is "an affront to the fundamental principles of solidarity, public health, and sexual and reproductive rights that France is committed to defending," they added, urging Emmanuel Macron "not to be complicit, even indirectly, in retrograde policies." "Cutting aid for contraception is a disgrace; destroying products that have already been manufactured and financed is even more astonishing," Marine Tondelier said indignantly.

The Greens are calling on the head of state, "as part of a joint initiative with the European Commission," to request a suspension of this destruction. They also want him to "explicitly" support the humanitarian organizations that have said they are "ready to redistribute these contraceptives."