Planned Parenthood and 75 other advocacy groups are urging the Trump administration to halt the planned destruction of $9.7 million worth of contraceptives meant for those in low-income countries.

Why it matters: The Trump administration is pushing to destroy the supplies as part of its dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development, even though the United Nations and reproductive organizations have offered to buy or ship the supplies to their intended recipients.

What they're saying: "This administration is choosing to spend taxpayer dollars to destroy effective health and medical supplies that are wanted and needed and that could save and transform lives," the organizations wrote in a Friday letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. • The group noted

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