A stockpile of $9.7 million worth of contraceptives that were stuck in limbo at a Belgium warehouse for months following the dismantling of the the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year has now been destroyed on orders from the Trump administration.

The New York Times confirmed the news on Thursday, citing a spokeswoman for USAID, which is now being closed down by White House budget director Russell Vought. “President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world,” the statement said, before falsely implying that the contraceptives induced abortion. “The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid.”

As the Times pointed out, USAID is prohibited by law from obtain

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