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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Hagan

Trump administration refuses to distribute up to $10m in contraceptives bought as aid: ‘It’s as simple as that’

Marco Rubio has told Congress for the first time that the United States will not distribute contraceptives globally, as nearly $10 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptive supplies sit in a Belgian warehouse approaching their expiry date, with some of them already destroyed.

Speaking at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the State Department budget, the secretary of state said of the stockpile: "We’re not going to use them."

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