US contraceptive stockpile can no longer be used, says Belgium

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) Republican lawmakers and business leaders affected by the shutdown, delivers remarks as he signs recently passed funding legislation to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House on November 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.[AFP]

Millions of dollars of birth-control supplies bought by the United States and held in Belgium en route to poorer countries can no longer be used, Belgian authorities have said.