Barred from burning $9.7 million in birth control, the Trump administration may now be running down the clock

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The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire.

CNN previously reported on the undelivered contraceptives – once slated for donation to various African nations after being procured by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) during the Biden administration. They are now being held indefinitely in warehouses in Belgium as the United States has discontinued many of its foreign assistance programs.

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The US State Department previously said in a statement that it had taken a “preliminary decision” to destroy the contraceptives in Belgium, at a cost of $167,000 for incineration.

But that decision has been thwarted by regulations in Flanders, Belgium, which has a ban on incinerating reusable medical devices.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/barred-burning-9-7-million-123041097.html

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1. Would someone please just STEAL the whole lot ? It would do more good in the hands of indigenous bandits than ...

in the hands of Turnip's handpicked bandits.

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2. The Belgians do not have a high opinion of Trump.

I work with a few (long-distance of course). They think America has collectively lost its mind, to let that p.o.s. anywhere near power again, after the first time.

I realize the few individuals I know might not be representative of the whole, but still.