The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas, following the dismantling of foreign assistance programs carried out by the US Agency for International Development, or USAID.
The “preliminary decision” to destroy the USAID-procured birth control was confirmed by a State Department spokesperson, who said the cost of incinerating them would be $167,000.
I wish somebody would sue for wastefulness. They could give away these contraceptives here in the states rather than just throwing them away. We should be able to get our $9.7 million back if you’re just going to destroy them.
It will cost quite a bit to destroy that 9.7mil of our taxes, as well. SMH