The Trump Team Is Quietly Eliminating US Support For Birth Control Abroad

Muyingo’s story is part of what reproductive health experts are describing as the largest disruption ever to international family planning efforts.

The second Trump administration has moved to eliminate programs for contraception and other family planning work abroad. Congress actually appropriated funds for this work, but the administration has not spent it. And it has shut down programs aimed at helping people choose when to have children, such as efforts to improve access to birth control and provide resources for treating sexually transmitted diseases.

Now, with the sudden loss of programs, family planning work abroad is in jeopardy.

The Women’s Refugee Commission, a non-governmental organization, found that almost 95 percent of US foreign aid for sexual reproductive health and family planning was cut in 2025.