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<blockquote data-quote="Doublestandards" data-source="post: 6055288" data-attributes="member: 110123">“Most of the condoms and contraceptives purchased with government funds have gone to countries in Africa that are still dealing with a significant AIDS epidemic. Some of the contraceptives have been distributed through the President&#039;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/11/04/pepfar-hiv-program-stuck-in-congress/71219513007/" target="_blank">PEPFAR</a>, a global health initiative started by <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/18/george-w-bush-talk-about-trump/73955379007/" target="_blank">George W. Bush</a>.”Only $8 million was for condoms. None of it went to Gaza “The U.S. Agency for International Development, the government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, said in a<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/C-and-C-FY2023.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> last April that it had spent $61 million in 2023 to provide condoms and other contraceptives to other countries.But just $8 million of that went for the purchase of condoms, the report said. And not a cent was used to send condoms to Gaza.”[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/01/donald-trump-condoms-gaza/78090736007/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doublestandards, post: 6055288, member: 110123"] “Most of the condoms and contraceptives purchased with government funds have gone to countries in Africa that are still dealing with a significant AIDS epidemic. Some of the contraceptives have been distributed through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/11/04/pepfar-hiv-program-stuck-in-congress/71219513007/']PEPFAR[/URL], a global health initiative started by [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/18/george-w-bush-talk-about-trump/73955379007/']George W. Bush[/URL].” Only $8 million was for condoms. None of it went to Gaza “The U.S. Agency for International Development, the government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, said in a[URL='https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/C-and-C-FY2023.pdf']report[/URL] last April that it had spent $61 million in 2023 to provide condoms and other contraceptives to other countries. But just $8 million of that went for the purchase of condoms, the report said. And not a cent was used to send condoms to Gaza.” [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/01/donald-trump-condoms-gaza/78090736007/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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