Summary
Advocacy groups, including Planned Parenthood, are asking the Trump administration not to destroy nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives intended for low-income countries. The United Nations and reproductive organizations have offered to handle the supplies, which won't expire for several years, but the State Department plans to destroy them as part of stopping certain programs.
Key Facts
- Planned Parenthood and 75 other groups wrote to the Trump administration asking them not to destroy contraceptives.
- The supplies are worth about $9.7 million and are for low-income countries.
- The United Nations and others have offered to take and distribute the supplies.
- The earliest expiration date for these supplies is 2027.
- Destroying the supplies would cost $167,000.
- The State Department plans to end contracts from the Biden administration for these supplies.
- A report says destroying the contraceptives could lead to 362,000 extra unintended pregnancies.
- The State Department will not destroy condoms or HIV medications.
