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UNCOVERED: French left urges macron not to be complicit in us plan to bin contraceptives - Caught on Camera

Flowers laid outside the US Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC, 7 February, 2025. AP - Jose Luis Magana

Left-wing politicians in France have called on President Emmanuel Macron to intervene over US plans to destroy nearly $10 million worth of female contraceptives in Europe, calling it an "affront" to public health.

A State Department spokesperson told AFP this week that "a preliminary decision was made to destroy certain" birth control products from "terminated Biden-era USAID contracts".

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