More than 70 reproductive groups are asking the Trump administration to call off the planned destruction of roughly $10 million of usable birth control products.

Planned Parenthood is leading the most recent charge to save the contraceptives and sent a letter Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio with 77 co-signers.

In the letter, the groups write that they “strongly oppose” the administration’s “cruel and wasteful” decision to incinerate the commodities.

“These supplies are safe, effective, and wanted,” the letter reads.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) purchased $9.7 million worth of birth control pills, hormonal implants, shots and intrauterine devices to distribute in low-income countries before the Trump administration dismantled the agency earlier

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