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Will U.S. destroy $9.7 million of birth control devices?

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Will millions of dollars of contraceptives, purchased by the United States Agency for International Development, be incinerated as the U.S. promised? There was a false report that the destruction had happened, but it did not. Humanitarian groups are urging the Trump administration to distribute the birth control devices to countries in need.

NPR's Rachel Treisman reports.

This segment aired on September 17, 2025.

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