美国摧毁了为低收入国家准备的价值970万美元的避孕药具,尽管美国表示愿意接受这些避孕药具。 US destroys $9.7M worth of contraceptives meant for low-income countries, despite offers to take them.

特朗普行政当局下令销毁价值近1 000万美元的避孕药具,包括针对低收入国家的避孕药丸、宫内避孕器和荷尔蒙植入物。 The Trump administration ordered the destruction of nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives, including birth control pills, IUDs, and hormonal implants, intended for low-income countries. 在美国国际开发署(美援署)声称避孕药并非“救生”后, The decision came after the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) claimed the contraceptives were not "life-saving." 尽管盖茨基金会等团体主动提出购买或接受价值970万美元的库存,但政府销毁了存放在比利时的避孕药具。 Despite offers from groups like the Gates Foundation to purchase or receive the stockpile, valued at $9.7 million, the administration destroyed the contraceptives, which were stored in Belgium. 这一举动被批评为残忍行为,是全球健康的一个挫折,批评者认为这些避孕用具是为了防止意外怀孕,而不是诱导堕胎。 This move has been criticized as an act of cruelty and a setback for global health, with critics arguing that these contraceptives were meant to prevent unwanted pregnancies, not induce abortion.