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France says it cannot block US plans to destroy contraceptives

A view of a warehouse of Kuehne+Nagel, which houses U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million, after the U.S. State Department confirmed that the stocks would be sent to France to be destroyed, in Geel, Belgium 24 July, 2025. REUTERS - Marta Fiorin

France said Friday it could not seize $9.7 million (€8.4 million) worth of women's contraception products that the United States plans to destroy, after media reports suggested the stockpile would be incinerated in the country.

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

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