Bill Gates’ Self-Assembling Contraceptive Implants Spark Global Outrage

Imagine getting a single injection that secretly grows inside your body—an implant you never asked for, releasing hormones you can’t stop. That’s not a dystopian sci-fi plot. It’s Bill Gates’ latest population-control project.

The Chilling New Technology

Billionaire Bill Gates is funding a controversial new contraceptive technology that researchers openly describe as a “self-assembling implant.” Developed by teams at MIT, Harvard Medical School, and the Broad Institute, the device starts as an injection of tiny “microcrystals” that harden under the skin and slowly release hormones to prevent pregnancy.

The implants, known as SLIM (self-aggregating long-acting injectable microcrystals), don’t just dissolve. They actually multiply into a solid mass inside the body—sometimes lasting years.

Critics warn this raises the risk of irreversible sterilization, especially in poorer countries where surgery to remove the implants would be virtually impossible.

Gates’ Population Agenda

The Gates Foundation is promoting the technology as a low-cost “nonsurgical contraceptive option for women.” But paired with Gates’ decades-long push for “population reduction,” the project is fueling fears of a coordinated depopulation strategy.

Back in 2010, Gates admitted during a TED Talk: “If we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower [the world population] by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent.”

Now, with self-assembling drug-delivery systems set for human trials within three to five years, many are asking: is this really about women’s health—or something far darker?

Ethical and Safety Red Flags

• Irremovable implants — Once inside the body, the “self-assembling” crystals fuse into a solid structure with no clear method of removal.
• Targeting the vulnerable — Distribution is expected to focus on poor nations first, raising accusations of eugenics and coercion.
• Beyond contraception — Researchers admit the same platform could be used for psychiatric drugs and vaccines, paving the way for permanent, programmable implants.

Supporters frame the invention as a revolution in medicine. Detractors see it as the ultimate tool for control—one that could reshape human reproduction on a global scale.