In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, according to the Times' Sept. 11 story (emphasis ours):On Thursday, a spokeswoman for U.S.A.I.D. "The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid." The Trump administration reinstated that policy, also known as the "global gag rule," in January. According to the Times, USAID first bought the birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants as part of its humanitarian aid efforts.