$9.7 Million In Contraceptives Destroyed On Trump Admin Orders
Millions of dollars worth of birth control pills, IUDs, and more products had been designated for low-income countries by the now-dismantled USAID Read more at Rolling Stone
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U.S.-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organizations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters. Read more at NBC News
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas
As part of president’s end to foreign aid, destruction of the long-acting contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000 Read more at The Guardian